First shooting schedule of Shilpa Shetty’s first international project, The Desire has just ended in Kerala. Working alongside Chinese superstar Xia Yu, the diva has also learnt Chinese language from him.
A source close to Shilpa discloses, “She has learnt basic Chinese language like S(h)iya Yeoh which means “summer rain” then Sha Wu (Afternoon), Sha Yu (which meant “Oil”), then Zai Jian means Good bye”. She thoroughly enjoyed shooting Xia Yu. For the start Shilpa and the other crew members where happing difficulty to spell out Xia’s name and she has to address.
A source close to Shilpa discloses, “She has learnt basic Chinese language like S(h)iya Yeoh which means “summer rain” then Sha Wu (Afternoon), Sha Yu (which meant “Oil”), then Zai Jian means Good bye”. She thoroughly enjoyed shooting Xia Yu. For the start Shilpa and the other crew members where happing difficulty to spell out Xia’s name and she has to address.
- 3/14/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Mumbai, Actress Shilpa Shetty, who plays an Odissi dancer in an upcoming Sino-Indian film venture titled "The Desire", is full of praise for her Chinese co-star Xia Yu, whose name she says is invariably mispronounced by Indians. The film, produced jointly by Sharad Hegde from Mumbai and Tracy Shiyun from China, is being directed by R. Sarath.“I heard my hero (Xia Yu) correcting people pronouncing his name and every time someone called out his name, it invariably was wrong,” Shilpa wrote on her blog.“The exact pronunciation being S(h)iya Yeoh! - which means 'summer rain'. The director addressed him as Sha Wu which meant 'afternoon', Sha Yu which meant 'oil' and many more interpretations with different christenings,” she said in her Jan 31 post.“I ...
- 2/2/2009
- Bollywoodworld.com
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