We all know Karu Palaniappan, who has directed films like ‘Sivappathikaram’ and ‘Pirivom Santhippom’, is turning an actor with a movie titled ‘Mandhira Punnagai’, in which he is acting opposite Meenakshi of ‘Karuppasami Kuthagaitharar’ fame.

The filmmaker, who is keen at getting the act right from his colleagues, has recently roped in a Tamil pundit to teach the language to Meenakshi, circles close to the unit say.

“Since Palaniappan found it little hard to work with Meenakshi due to the language barrier, he decided to make the Bengali beauty learn Tamil. Hence he searched for a Tamil teacher who knows Bengali well and finally zeroed in on one,” they say.

Sources add: “Meenakshi is now happily learning Tamil and is able to converse with others in the south Indian language. She is a quick learner and you could soon see her speaking in Tamil with everyone.”