Leads Should Abandon Rajhastani Dialect

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Posted: 11 years ago
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I would have never said this some time ago as I had this discussion with Sunara on a previous thread. But now I changed my mind for two reasons:

1. Sunara once stated that the use of Rajhastani makes it difficult for her to understand the dialogues. While I too had a similar experience, I thought it was important for the purposes of authenticity. I thought it would be inauthentic to have Rajhastani characters speak in pure Hindi. However, I had an interesting encounter the other day. One of our building's watchmen helped me carry my shopping bags to our apartment. In the mean time, I struck a conversation with him. He said that he was Indian from Rajhastan - images of Rangrasiya immediately flashed in my mind so I was overtly excited! I told him it was surprising to see him speak pure Hindi considering that their dialect was quite distinct. He explained that his parents spoke Mawdi (not sure if I'm using the exact name he mentioned, but it was their local dialect) at home back in Rajhastan. But the kids don't because today's generation communicate in Hindi mainly due to their educational backgrounds. So it was not like he was a person who was originally from Rajhastan but brought up in a Hindi-speaking city. He was a native of Rajhastan who spoke Hindi. This means that it wouldn't be inauthentic at all for the leads at least to communicate in pure Hindi. We could leave the Rajhastani dialect to Thakur, Thakurian, and Mamisa.

2. A TV critic analyzing RangRasiya stated that the makers are foregrounding the Rajhastani dialect at the cost of neglecting the fact that their audiences are Hindi-speaking. While she praised the show overall, this was one of the few major drawbacks according to the critic. So I think it would be in favor of the show to have the leads rely purely on Hindi.


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Posted: 11 years ago
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May be they can tone down the Rajasthani a bit, but they should not abandon it completely.. There is a beauty to it inspite of the difficulty in understanding..😊

About the education and language, i think they have given it some consideration coz Paro and the villagers speak a heavy dialect of Rajasthani; Rudra ,who is from a nearby village originally, has small traces of Rajasthani, but his CO who is Jaipur based i.e. city dweller he speaks ordinary hindi.. So the dialect also serves to indicate this difference..

Eventually we will get accustomed to it.. Plus, Colors is targetting the village audiences and TRP aunties too, so they have to take all those factors into consideration.. In the past say 5-6 years such shows have brought in the TRPs, although those 2 were saas bahu shows not love sagas..
Edited by Msfrootie - 11 years ago
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I completely agree. Although it adds to the authenticity, at certain junctures it become difficult to comprehend.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Yes it's too tough to follow.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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paro is not an educated girl in the show, and she was born and brought up in Birpur following all the culture and tradition, so i think a little bit rajasthani accent is necessary but not always
Rudra is a BSD offcier so i think it will be better if he speak simple hindi more than rajasthani ,
and many critics complained that it is very hard to understand the language so the CVs should better reduce the rajasthani dialect, and use more simple hindi
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Posted: 11 years ago
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The pure Rajasthani dialect is a bit difficult to understand. But since the story is set in a village, they opted for it to make it sound authentic. I guess most city bred people, especially the younger generation don't speak with dialects. But if we go by that logic, Paro isn't very educated and nor has she ever stepped outside Birpur. So it would be natural for her to communicate with a Rajasthani dialect because she probably hasn't learned anything else.

And It's not only Paro and Rudra's dialogues that people are having difficulty with. Same goes for the supporting characters. So for the benefit of the viewers they should tone down the whole thing a little bit but not abandon it completely. It actually sounds nice and adds to the feel of the show.

I think it's going sound a bit strange if only the leads speak in Pure Hindi and all the other characters speak with the dialect.

Edited by incandescent - 11 years ago
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I personally feel ...not just the leads , the entire ensemble cast should speak simple hindi maybe with a few rajasthani words ,that viewers have got already familiar with ...this will give the show a wider reach...
Edited by Guinea - 11 years ago
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Posted: 11 years ago
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They shud tone down a bit😊
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I do not live in India...in fact a non Indian RR follower who do not speak Hindi but love Bollywood movies. Despite all, I do not find it is that difficult to understand what the actors are saying in the show. Actually I like their accent. Even if I do not understand few words now and then, I can usually get an idea what they are trying to say. I am enjoying this and actually learning few new words 😊. I wonder why it will be difficult for Indian speaking audience to understand the dialogues in the show...just my thought..no offense please 😃
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Abondoning the dialect completely will definitely ruin the beauty of this show, anyway toning it down a bit is good wherever possible and i already see it in case of Paro. The cv's are judiciously using the rajastani dialect where situation needs it and gives authencity to it, like Rudra speaking to his colleaues and CO in hindi and with villagers in that dialect.
I too am not following some of it but i still like it for the sheer beauty of it. Any ways in near future the story may move to Rudra's house and we will see more of hindi, I'm hoping his brother and sister are educated.
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