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Andrea Tariang is…

Andrea Tariang is an Indian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. In 2016 she played a major role in the critically acclaimed and commercially successful arthouse Hindi-Urdu film Pink, in which she played a character, an event manager. named after herself.

Hometown: Shillong.

Schooling: Kiddies Corner, Shillong.

Daughter of famous Shillong-based musician Rudy Wallang

Currently based in: Mumbai.

Career

Her music: contemporary R&B and Soul. Songs like Lianne La Havas' 'Age'

Her band in Shillong: Lavender Groove

The North East Today adds: ‘Since she moved to Bombay, she’s been doing a few duo hugs with [keyboardist] Karan Joseph, a very talented keyboardist based out of Bombay.

‘It was Film producer Ronnie Lahiri, another Shillongite who spotted her talent at a young age … she was a little scared as she didn’t know any Hindi. But since then, she took up Hindi classes and [did] most of her dialogues in Hindi..

Andrea recalls, “When my dad called me and asked if I wanted to act, we both started laughing. He said to give the auditions a try anyway. After the auditions, they called and said I got selected. But, I took it lightly and it only struck me the day I met Amitabh Bachchan. I was a total wreak. But overall, it was a great experience.” The challenging part was speaking in Hindi, says the actor who learnt Hindi on the go during the shooting. “Saying it out loud required a lot of rehearsing. It was natural maybe because I was myself and this film is so realistic I didn’t really need to act. I just needed to feel and react.”

Recalling her first shot with Amitabh Bachchan. Andrea says she was visibly shaking. “I had three words to say. I was so scared. That nervousness actually worked for the shot and we finished it in one take. I gained confidence after that.” (ALLAN MOSES RODRICKS, The Hindu)

‘Andrea is also a model who’s worked with some of the best people in the industry like Daniel Syiem, Eddy Lalrempuia and has been featured in leading magazines like Vogue.’

When she was first approached for the role in Pink, When she told Amitabh Bachchan on set that she was really honoured to be working with him, he told her “What rubbish!”

Learning Hindi

Her lack of understating Hindi very well did come across as a hindrance initially, especially while she was doing her workshops with her co-star Piyush Mishra, but Taapsee and Kirti were always a help.

"They helped me a lot. I used to ask them 'How do I do this, how do I say this' because there were quite a few dialogues I didn't understand especially when Piyush Mishra was speaking. He speaks so fast I couldn't understand what he was saying," she quipped. (DNA India)/ (FirstPost)