After reacting to actor Kiccha Sudeep's statement about Hindi no longer being a "national language," Ajay Devgn sparked a debate. Many actors and filmmakers took part in the debate, including Manoj Bajpayee, Ram Gopal Varma, and Hansal Mehta. Sonu Nigam, a National Award-winning singer, is the latest film industry figure to weigh in on the matter.
Sonu Nigam stated at a recent event, “Nowhere in the constitution it is written that Hindi is our national language. It might be the most spoken language, but not the national language. In fact, Tamil is the oldest language. There is a debate between Sanskrit and Tamil. But, people say Tamil is the oldest language in the entire world.”
Nigam stated that there are already enough issues that need to be resolved with other countries, and that starting a new problem within the country is pointless. He inquired,“‘Abhi tumhaare baaki deshon se pange kam hain jo tum apne desh mein kar rahe ho? (Aren’t we facing enough issues with other countries that we are starting one within our own?) Why is this discussion even happening?”
Nobody should be told what language to speak in, according to the singer.“Punjabis can speak in Punjabi, Tamilians can talk in Tamil and if they are comfortable they can talk in English. All our court judgments are given in English, what is this ‘humein Hindi bolna chahiye'”.
English, according to Sonu Nigam, has become a part of our culture. He concluded his remarks by saying, “Let’s not divide further in our country, already there is so much going on.”
Ajay Devgn recently tweeted in Hindi, asking why, if Hindi is not our national language, Kiccha Sudeep releases his films dubbed in Hindi. His tweet was translated into English as follows: “@KicchaSudeep, brother, if Hindi is not our national language according to you, then why do you release films made in your mother tongue dubbed in Hindi? Hindi is our mother tongue, and our national language, and it will always be. Jana Gana Mana.”
udeep responded that his words had been misconstrued and inquired, “And sir, I did understand the text you sent in Hindi. That’s only because we all have respected, loved and learnt Hindi. No offence sir, but was wondering what the situation would be if my response was typed in Kannada!! Don’t we too belong to India, sir.” His initial remarks were in response to a string of South Indian films outperforming Hindi films at the box office.
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