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‘Anek’ gives a unity message amid

debate over national language

Twitter war after Kannada actor Sudeep Sanjebe says Hindi is not the national language;

Ajay Devgn questions why South Indian films are dubbed into Hindi

OUR BUREAU gration. We went to Delhi to receive
the award,” he said in Telugu.
Mumbai
He added that the awards cer-
ays after Ajay Devgn raised emony was in the evening and it was
a storm by reacting to Kiccha preceded by high tea in the hall.
DSudeep’s statement about “The walls around us were dec-
Hindi no longer being “a national orated with posters showcasing the
language”, Ayushmann Khurrana un- grandeur of Indian cinema. There
veiled a trailer of his socio-political were some brief notes. There were
film ‘Anek’ that has somehow jumped photos of Prithiviraj Kapoor, Raj
into the ongoing debate. Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand,
A small portion of the trailer Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna,
shows Ayushmann conversing with a Dharmendra and so on. They showed
man who belongs to Telangana. In the their pictures, they described them
clip, Ayushmann asks the man why he beautifully. They praised various di-
thinks of him as North Indian. When rectors and heroines.”
the man says that it is probably be- The actor continued his speech
cause his Hindi is clean, Ayushmann by praising movies like ‘Baahubali’,
replies, “So Hindi decides who is from ‘Baahubali 2’, and ‘RRR’, directed by
the North and the South?” When the Actor Naveen Gowda (Yash) addresses a press conference in presence of Sanjay Dutt, SS Rajamouli, which received massive
man says no, Ayushmann says, “So, it’s Raveena Tandon and Srinidhi Shetty for their film K.G.F: Chapter 2 in New Delhi (ANI Photo) pan-India success and brought pride to
not about Hindi, either!” Telugu cinema. “After so many years,
The particular scene has im- today I feel so proud, I can thump my
pressed a lot of netizens. “7 seconds chest. Our industry proved that we are
of The #Anek trailer should be a daily no longer a regional cinema. Telugu
reminder to most Twitter users,” a so- cinema has removed these barriers
cial media user tweeted. “#Anek This and becomes part of Indian cinema.
part of the trailer (ok hand emoji),” Everyone is amazed at our success.
another user wrote. We have overcome the discrimination.
‘Anek’, which is helmed by Anub- Thanks to ‘Baahubali’, ‘Baahubali 2’
hav Sinha, mainly revolves around the and ‘RRR’,” he expressed.
violence and the injustice that the peo- Chiranjeevi’s inspiring speech
ple of North East India have to suffer. came a few days after the heated argu-
And Ayushmann has stepped into the ment between Hindi actor Ajay Devgn
shoes of an undercover cop who goes and Kannada actor Sudeep Sanjebe.
on a mission to help two opposite sides Sudeep pointed out that Hin-
in the region to agree to a peaceful di is not our national language, but
compromise. Devgn questioned why South Indian
Speaking more about ‘Anek’, language films are dubbed into Hindi.
Ayushmann said, “Anek celebrates the The controversy ignited discussions on
spirit of truly being an Indian. Anub- social media.
hav sir is pushing the envelope and set- Earlier, amid Devgn and Sudeep’s
ting a benchmark with his passionate Twitter war over Hindi being the na-
storytelling with this film. My charac- tional language, director Ram Gopal
ter Joshua compelled me to do things I Varma has weighed in on the contro-
had never done before, both physically versy saying “north stars are insecure
and mentally. With the right guidance Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn with actress Rakul Preet Singh while promoting their and jealous of the south stars.”
and training, I gave this role my best film ‘Runway 34’ in Mumbai on Monday (ANI Photo) Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma
shot to bring life to everything Anub- supported Sudeep saying, “The base
hav envisioned for the film.” ema was projected as Indian cinema. breaking language barriers and over- undeniable ground truth @Kiccha-
Meanwhile, it has been revealed In a viral video trending on social coming discrimination by crediting Sudeep sir, is that the north stars are
that Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi felt media, the star was seen emotion- films such as ‘Baahubali’, ‘Baahubali insecure and jealous of the south
heartbroken at an award ceremony as al, delivering a speech at an award 2’ and ‘RRR’. “In 1988, I made a mov- stars because a Kannada dubbing film
he recalled a miserable and humiliat- function, recounting his trip to Del- ie called Rudraveena with Naga Babu. #KGF2 had a 50-crore opening day
ing incident when the South film frater- hi to receive a national award for It received the Nargis Dutt Award For and we all are going to see the coming
nity was side-lined and only Hindi cin- ‘Rudraveena’ (1988), feeling proud Best Feature Film On National Inte- opening days of Hindi films.”

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