Kamala hasan
Veteran actor Kamal Haasan said in Hindi vs South debate, ‘Bhasha is our pride’. At a time when the country is facing a language dispute, Haasan said, “We never say West Indian films but Bollywood. We lose that sense of direction in the sense of community, and it should remain that way. As far as language is concerned, it is our pride. No one will lose his language for another. They will be eager to learn another language.”
“That’s what we did with English… It’s not our language, but I won’t leave Tamil or Marathi for it,” the actor said. Read also: Rajinikanth and I are very good friends despite political differences: Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan was in the national capital for the promotion of his upcoming film Vikram when he spoke about the ongoing controversy. Also, the South superstar while talking about pan-India films said, “When you pan for gold, you pan for new words, coin. Pan India (movies) has always been there. ”
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“Shantaram ji has done pan-India films. ‘Padosan’ is a pan-India film. Mehmood ji almost spoke Tamil in the film. What do you call ‘Mughal-e-Azam’? It’s a pan-India film for me. This is nothing new. Our country is unique. Unlike America, we speak different languages but we are united. That’s the beauty of this country.”
The actor further claimed, “We will always make pan-India films. It depends on how good and universal the film is. Then, everyone will want to see it. ‘Chemeen’, a Malayalam film, a pan-India film They didn’t even dub it, there was no subtitle and people enjoyed it.”