Shilpa had a tough time

There were reports that Shilpa Shetty actually learnt to play the violin for Sunny Deol’s The Man, but the actress admits she couldn’t go beyond holding the musical instrument properly.

“It takes years to master the violin. All I did was to learn how to hold the violin properly so that I don’t look stupid with it. Also, let me tell you that when someone who doesn’t know how to play the instrument actually puts the fiddle on the string, it sounds like a donkey braying. So I’d never dare do it,” says Shilpa.

The actress was all praise for those who had really learnt a skill to play a film character convincingly. “Learning a new instrument takes years, forget about mastering it. I believe Dilip Kumar actually learnt to play the sitar for the song Madhuban Mein Radhika (in Kohinoor) and Shabanaji (Shabana Azmi) sat down with a Carnatic singer to learn the ragas for Morning Raga. Hats off to them. For me, not looking stupid with the violin was enough,” she says.