Comfortable in a foreign tongue

Bollywood babe

Directed by Dhawan, ‘Rascals’, is an action-comedy starring Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan and Kangana Ranaut besides Lisa.

“Hindi was a challenge for me. It was challenging... Now it is somewhat easy,” said Lisa at the music launch of ‘Rascals’.

Lisa, who was born as Elisabeth Marie Haydon to a Malayali father and an Australian mother, was living in Australia and the United States before moving back to India in 2007 to pursue modelling. She made her acting debut with the Bollywood film Aisha in 2010.

The movie was loosely based on the Jane Austen novel ‘Emma’ and its Hollywood adaptation ‘Clueless’. Lisa played the role of a New York-returned corporate yuppie in the flick directed by Rajshree Ojha starring Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol in lead roles.

‘Rascals’, to be released on October 7, revolves around the story of two competing conmen who try to outsmart each other in consistently amusing and surprising set ups. Lisa, who is a trained bharatnatyam dancer, has featured as cover girl for major fashion magazines.