Sonu Sood has shared his thought on the ongoing debate around Hindi as the national language. His reaction has come after a Twitter battle between Ajay Devgn and Kichcha Sudeep.
The National Language debate
Actor Sonu Sood has shared his opinion on the ongoing debate on whether Hindi can be regarded as the national language of the country. Bending toward Sudeep’s comments, Sonu said that India is united by the language of entertainment.
“I don’t think Hindi can be called just the national language. India has one language, which is entertainment. It doesn’t really matter which industry you belong to. If you entertain people, they will love you, honor you and accept you,” Sonu said.
“Filmmakers and actors should respect people’s sensibilities. Gone are days when people used to say ‘leave your mind behind. They won’t leave their mind behind and shell out thousands of rupees on an average film. The only good cinema will be accepted,” Sonu added.
Commenting on the recent success of KGF 2, RRR, and Pushpa, the actor said, “Their roaring performance at the box office will “change the way Hindi films will be made”.
Sudeep and Ajay Devgn
Sonu Sood’s comment has come after Sudeep and Ajay Devgn shared their opinion on a statement passed by Amit Shah during the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee as well as KGF 2 and RRR’s massive success.
“Now the time has come to make Hindi the Official Language. It is an important part of the unity of the country. When citizens of States who speak other languages communicate with each other, it should be in the language of India,” Amit Shah had earlier said.
Later, Sudeep spoke about how “Hindi is no more a national language. The Kannada superstar’s comment came as a response to Yash starrer KGF Chapter 2’s success across the country. “You said that a pan India film was made in Kannada. I’d like to make a small correction. Hindi is no more a national language. They (Bollywood) are doing pan-India films today. They are struggling (to find success) by dubbing in Telugu and Tamil, but it’s not happening. Today we are making films that are going everywhere,” he said.
Kannada Actor @KicchaSudeep said ,"correct it,Hindi is no more the National Language, its no more a National language"!
In a film launch & a huge applause from the crowd & the media.Hope the efforts of Kannada activists are reaching the intended places.??#stophindilmposition pic.twitter.com/qpj06HJseG
— ರವಿ-Ravi ಆಲದಮರ (@AaladaMara) April 23, 2022
Responding to Sudeep’s statement, Ajay Devgn on Tuesday tweeted that Hindi was and will remain India’s national language.
.@KicchaSudeep मेरे भाई,
आपके अनुसार अगर हिंदी हमारी राष्ट्रीय भाषा नहीं है तो आप अपनी मातृभाषा की फ़िल्मों को हिंदी में डब करके क्यूँ रिलीज़ करते हैं?
हिंदी हमारी मातृभाषा और राष्ट्रीय भाषा थी, है और हमेशा रहेगी।
जन गण मन ।— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) April 27, 2022
Sudeep, however, clarified in a tweet that the context of his statement was “entirely different” and he didn’t mean to “hurt, provoke or start any debate,” to which Devgn replied
I love and respect every language of our country sir. I would want this topic to rest,,, as I said the line in a totally different context.
Mch luv and wshs to you always.
Hoping to seeing you soon.
??????— Kichcha Sudeepa (@KicchaSudeep) April 27, 2022
Hi @KicchaSudeep, You are a friend. thanks for clearing up the misunderstanding. I’ve always thought of the film industry as one. We respect all languages and we expect everyone to respect our language as well. Perhaps, something was lost in translation ?
— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) April 27, 2022
And sir @ajaydevgn ,,
I did understand the txt you sent in hindi. Tats only coz we all have respected,loved and learnt hindi.
No offense sir,,,but was wondering what'd the situation be if my response was typed in kannada.!!
Don't we too belong to India sir.
?— Kichcha Sudeepa (@KicchaSudeep) April 27, 2022
Translation & interpretations are perspectives sir. Tats the reason not reacting wothout knowing the complete matter,,,matters.:)
I don't blame you @ajaydevgn sir. Perhaps it would have been a happy moment if i had received a tweet from u for a creative reason.
Luv&Regards❤️ https://t.co/lRWfTYfFQi— Kichcha Sudeepa (@KicchaSudeep) April 27, 2022
