Preity Zinta impressed by Big B's oratory

The actress is pretty impressed by the superstar’s oratory skills in Rituparno Ghosh’s movie ‘The Last Lear’.

It is not that Preity Zinta has not worked with Amitabh Bachchan before. But never has she done a movie in which she could observe and appreciate Big B’s command over English language.

In The Last Lear Mr. Bachchan plays an ageing Shakespearean actor. Most of his dialogues have Shakespearean poetry.

Even though Preity has worked in sync sound films before (where dialogues are recorded live during the shoot), she still found it difficult dubbing for ‘The Last Lear’. But it was Big B’s oratory that bowled her over.

“Dubbing for my first English film with lengthy lines was tough. To top it all, there’s Mr Bachchan with his booming baritone. What an orator he is,” Preity is quoted as saying in a media report.

‘The Last Lear’ has Preity playing an actress. She will be seen in a very non-glamourous avatar in the film.

The movie also stars Arjun Rampal , Divya Dutta and Shefali Shah.

‘The Last Lear’ is set to premiere at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival on September 9.