Originally posted by: HearMeRoar
Learning diction is something actors used to do even before?
I mean, speaking colloquially and speaking well for movies are different. Compare Amitabh and Akshay for example. Or Ajay Devgan. No one's going to say Akshay and Ajay don't know Hindi. But when Amitabh speaks, we know he KNOWS Hindi.
Hiring a Hindi coach doesn't mean Suhana doesn't communicate in the language.
But there is a vast difference in the 80s - 90s cinema to present day. Back then dialogues used to be in shuddh Hindi. Now it's Hinglish at best, and sometimes just English. Gone are the days when actors had to recite a lengthy monologue in movies. Conversational Hindi with a somewhat decent diction is what the present gen is debuting with. Sonam, Alia, Deepika etc are not proficient Hindi speakers as well.




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