why do they keep calling him....

Shushaant ??? his name is Sushant. Malaika and Madhuri keep calling him Shushant 😆, sounds silly 😆

It seriously sounds weird. When he was in ZNKD, then Shilpa Shetty used to call him Shushant too... 😆

Maybe Shushant stands for Shampa + Sushant.... 😆

I thought the writing had to do with the way north indians and south indians write with h in all names...

Sushant or Shushant or pronounced similar except for a "ha" sound isn't it?

yes it's funny at times and i wonder if sushi gets annoyed by dat 🤣

of course, he must be getting annoyed with it. I mean, who wont?? if ur name is not pronounced properly and that too not once, but numerous times 😕😆

I think its a Maharashtrian thing. I cant think of other examples of the top of my head but many Maharashtrains tend to have a soft 'h' between S & U in words. I think it stems from the variety of S sounds in the Marathi alphabet.

Hindi Alphabet - http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWv4-GazMUI/S-jsS1aen0I/AAAAAAAAACA/X7--v8bPJqk/s1600/Hindi+Alphabet.gif

Marathi Alphabet - http://sanskritdocuments.org/marathi/eshala/allwrite001.jpg

Notice the extra 'Ss' in the marathi alphabet. Maharashtrians also write Sushant with the Sh after V than just S.

If he hates his name being mispronounced tell him to suck it and try living in USA where there is most likely a MAD in UDURI's name.

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

I think its a Maharashtrian thing. I cant think of other examples of the top of my head but many Maharashtrains tend to have a soft 'h' between S & U in words. I think it stems from the variety of S sounds in the Marathi alphabet.

Hindi Alphabet - http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWv4-GazMUI/S-jsS1aen0I/AAAAAAAAACA/X7--v8bPJqk/s1600/Hindi+Alphabet.gif

Marathi Alphabet - http://sanskritdocuments.org/marathi/eshala/allwrite001.jpg

Notice the extra 'Ss' in the marathi alphabet. Maharashtrians also write Sushant with the Sh after V than just S.

If he hates his name being mispronounced tell him to suck it and try living in USA where there is most likely a MAD in UDURI's name.

its kinda tongue twisting thing😆

I think it is one thing to get upset with people mangling names even when they can say it right. However, accents, linguistics, involuntary pronunciations are not something you can hold against someone. I cannot speak for anyone else, but I find myself saying Shushant while speaking due to my Marathi frame of mind. It just happens.