Originally posted by: Ashley.Tisdale
SoBo is South Bombay...have u heard all these new Bollywood stars speaking Hindi? They barely know the language coz ghar mein "we only talk in English" 🤡
I am from Mumbai so I can tell you this accent starts from Juhu onwards to South Bombay (ie the original Mumbai u see in older black and white films) but now the suburbs have started copying it too. Still its not as bad where I live because while people are wealthy, there is a mix of different backgrounds and parents/grandparents work on preserving their og culture and regional languages ❤️
The "burger" Urdu is actually better sounding than SoBo Hindi. Because the only difference is they have a slight accent and struggle with a few words.
But then again...Urdu isn't native to Pakistan, so no matter where they are from, unless the actor works very hard on the language there will be a twang of Punjabi/Sindhi accent in there. Kind of like if a Gujarati from Gujarat who hasn't had any cosmo exposure will speak Hindi with a heavy Gujarati accent.
thanks for the explanation; I don't really watch too many hindi movies and especially the new bollywood stars. they only have papa power but no real acting chops. that said, I am kind of surprised at how they end up surviving. fluency in your local language (at least speaking) is a definite must especially if you have entertainment dreams. you would think the parents would be smart enough to get them language teachers to really brush up their skills.