Deepak in a medical thriller

For a passionate artiste, language is no barrier. And that’s what drives Sandalwood actor Deepak Shetty to expand his repertoire beyond languages and regional boundaries. Deepak, who has done several Kannada and Telugu films, including Panchatantra, Aadi Lakshmi Purana and iSmart Shankar, is now debuting in Kollywood with

Battery

. Directed by

Manibharathi

, the film is a medical thriller and stars Senguttuvan and Ammu Abhirami (of Asuran fame) in the lead.

“For me, doing different films in different languages is a learning experience. I get to be a different person every other day, and I get to learn a lot,” begins Deepak, “In Battery, I play a police commissioner. It’s a neutral character — he is an honest cop, and is very attached towards his family. It’s very difficult to draw a line between right and wrong for him. This character and the lead hero’s character travel together in the film.”

So, did he have any difficulty in picking up Tamil? “Your confidence level is a lot better when you know the language. You can change the syntax of a sentence and narrate it in your style. But the team of Battery was very cooperative. They’d prompt me and also help me with the meaning of my lines. Otherwise, there will be non-sync between your expressions and the lines you deliver,” says Deepak, who is also busy with the Telugu remake of Vetri Maaran-Dhanush film Asuran, which stars Venkatesh in the lead.