Hrithik to doodle in a Yankee accent

Actor Hrithik Roshan is known to be dedicated, hardworking and a thorough professional. He'll leave no stone unturned to get his character right. So be it for dad's Koi Mil Gaya , when he had to metamorphose into a 'special child' or then for Ashutosh Gowariker's Jodhaa Akbar , in which he had to use some chaste Urdu, Hrithik has always gone the distance.

In Rakesh Roshan's Kites , too, to be produced by Anurag Basu, Hrithik is putting in his all. Starring opposite the lovely Barbara Mori, the actor is working hard to get an authentic Yankee accent. "A trainer comes to Duggu's house everyday. And is there for over an hour. Hrithik is forever listening to the accent required for the film...by watching movies, or then listening to dialogues... he has sheets and sheets which he keeps reading out aloud in the required accent," says a friend of the actor.

So, when you meet the actor next and notice a twang in the accent, you know where and how he got that from!