veteran actress Neena Gupta, who often shares videos of herself speaking in Hindi, has a tremendous command over the language. However, he was trolled for speaking in his mother tongue. Now, the actress has given a befitting reply to those mocking her for speaking in the language. Neena took to Instagram and shared a video where she addressed the trolls who criticize her and expressed her displeasure with those who use the word Hindi medium for her. The Height actress also spoke about how proud she is of herself and how she speaks, dresses or eats.
Sharing a video of herself sitting in front of picturesque mountain view, Neena schooled trollers, saying “Humare desh mein na kuch terms hoti hai, jaise ‘Arey yeh toh TV actor hai’. Ek term hota hai ‘yeh toh Hindi-medium hai’ , aur ek term hoti hai ‘Arey haath se kha rahi hai, chee! Churi-kaate se nahi kha rahi hai’. “
“Toh main yeh kehna chaah rahi hu ki isme hume kabhi sharam nahi karni chahiye. I am proud to be ‘Hindi-medium’. I am proud to eat and dress up the way I want to. And I am proud to be called a TV actor. Hum kayin baar gussa ho jate hai ki hume ‘Hindi-medium’ kaha, ya apne aap ko neecha samajhne lag jate hai. I am proud to be what I am, if I feel from inside that I am doing the right thing. Am I right?” she added. Dropping the video, she captioned, “Khabardar Hindi medium bola toh.”
Soon after the video went viral, her fans applauded and agreed with her. One wrote, “Yes of course. I don’t understand these stars who want their kids to act in Hindi films but always speak to them in English at home. Why would they do that? You live in India, you want to.” to act in India.” Hindi movies, why don’t you teach them the language?” Another said, “Spain speaks its language in Spanish, Italy in Italian, France in French so why can’t Indians speak in Hindi.” A third commented: , “In today’s time everyone can speak English, in fact it is rare to speak Hindi fluently. So if one should be proud of knowing Hindi and not so proud of knowing English. This infatuation of English is the hangover of English colonialism. India.”
Neena Gupta was last seen in Mrs Chatterjee VS Norway. He recently completed filming for Charlie Chopra and The Mystery of Solang Valley. The actress is currently shooting for Metro In Dino.
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