Not one to let a challenge go when it stares her in the face, Rani Mukerji [ Images ] has taken on the task of 'looking more Maharashtrian than Priyanka Chopra [ Images ] did in Kaminey' [ Images ] for her new film, to be produced by Anurag Kashyap. The shooting will start in the first week of October.

The actress has hired a Marathi tutor and has apparently given up her favourite Bengali maach-bhaat lunch for Marathi cuisine.

Says a source, "Rani wants to feel as Marathi as she can. Unlike her cousin Kajol [ Images ] who is half-Marathi and half-Bengali (Kajol's mother Tanuja is a Maharashtrian), Rani cannot speak Marathi fluently .She is now completely into Marathi food, language and clothes."

Apparently, Rani will not visit Kolkata [ Images ] this Dussehra with the rest of her family because she wants to 'stay out of her Bengali personality' as much as possible.

Rani's spokesperson confirms, "Rani is playing a simple and pretty Marathi girl. It's a quirky love story, lighthearted and fun. She has already started working on her looks. The shooting will go on at a stretch. It will start in the first week of October and go on till December 17. There will only be two days off for Diwali [ Images ]."