Hindi impositionBhagyaraj tells Tnm how he came up with the character of a Hindi pundit, and why he still hasn't learnt Hindi though he has directed Amitabh Bachchan.Sowmya RajendranEvery time the issue of Hindi imposition crops up, the iconic scene from K Bhagyaraj's 1981 film Indru Poi Naalai Vaa surfaces on social media. The line 'Ek gaon mein ek kisan raghu thatha' has become legendary, and is used to reject the imposition of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states, especially Tamil Nadu. After Home Minister Amit Shah touched a raw nerve with his 'one nation one language' speech on the occasion of Hindi Diwas recently, the clip from the film has gone viral once again. Speaking to Tnm, Bhagyaraj, who wrote, directed and acted in the film, says, "When I wrote that character (of a Hindi teacher struggling to teach a Tamil student), I thought it would be a comedy that...
- 9/17/2019
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
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