Why do Bollywood Actors always talk in english?

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Posted: 11 years ago
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During Awards Show and Interviews. They know that India has a high segment of people that do not undertstand english. It is rude ! they should be speaking hindi, it is india
disgusting and disgraceful .always talking english

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Posted: 11 years ago
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i dont know if theyre always speaking english. i think its usually a mix of both. i agree they should speak hindi more but there is also a huge audience of bollywood movies and award shows that does speak hindi. alot of people in the south do not speak hindi and even in the middle east, europe and even in other places in the world but mostly everyone speaks english as their first or second language so i guess its able to communicate with more people.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: MadhuriDixit

i dont know if theyre always speaking english. i think its usually a mix of both. i agree they should speak hindi more but there is also a huge audience of bollywood movies and award shows that does speak hindi. alot of people in the south do not speak hindi and even in the middle east, europe and even in other places in the world but mostly everyone speaks english as their first or second language so i guess its able to communicate with more people.


not true. They speak Hindi , but as their second/third language.
Statistics show that 98% of indians speak Hindi as either their first/second/third.😉


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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: renateravelli

because that pork nancoufs english sucks.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA726jN8j_A[/YOUTUBE]

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You run a non-profit organization to get Katrina out of India?
Dude, get a life...
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: renateravelli


yeah but yo'u're right...i should also be running one to get Nancy to stop singing. Her voice sucks! Such childish songs.



You are not helping yourself by posting this video, because video actually show how famous and successful she is. 👏
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: NancyAjram


not true. They speak Hindi , but as their second/third language.
Statistics show that 98% of indians speak Hindi as either their first/second/third.😉


98%? no way. do u have a link to these stats. only half or less speak hindi.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Thumbs up for you topic maker. Now this is one fact that I hate about our INDIAN award shows. Why the eff do these actors always have to speak English? Does it make them feel better or is it a way of showing other citizens their "eliteness"? So many people are ashamed of speaking their own mother tongue nowadays.

Everyone here is always hating on Katrina for not speaking Hindi, but these "pure" Indians prefer to speak English too during interviews.. which in my opinion is worse than not speaking it because you've lived abroad your whole life (or actually are half British). There are hella lot of Punjabis in Bollywood but only a number of them know how to converse in Punjabi. Its so sad how I still see people in India teaching their children English first, instead of Hindi/Punjabi/Gujrati etc.

I mean I don't have any issues with watching these award/chat shows because of obvious reasons. But lets just take my grandparents for example, there is barely any Bollywood show that I can watch together with them... because they don't understand a word of English.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: K.Sean

Thumbs up for you topic maker. Now this is one fact that I hate about our INDIAN award shows. Why the eff do these actors always have to speak English? Does it make them feel better or is it a way of showing other citizens their "eliteness"? So many people are ashamed of speaking their own mother tongue nowadays.

Everyone here is always hating on Katrina for not speaking Hindi, but these "pure" Indians prefer to speak English too during interviews.. which in my opinion is worse than not speaking it because you've lived abroad your whole life (or actually are half British). There are hella lot of Punjabis in Bollywood but only a number of them know how to converse in Punjabi. Its so sad how I still see people in India teaching their children English first, instead of Hindi/Punjabi/Gujrati etc.

I mean I don't have any issues with watching these award/chat shows because of obvious reasons. But lets just take my grandparents for example, there is barely any Bollywood show that I can watch together with them... because they don't understand a word of English.


Agree! That is like being an Arab and winning an an Award at an Arab Award Show , and then suddenly speaking English. It would be weird and pretentious. So why is speaking English not considered as weird in India.??? It should be ! hindi is national language
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Camera k saamney Hindi mein baat karna is so vernacular-ly middle class, Monisha beta.


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Posted: 11 years ago
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Uhh...because once upon a time, India used to be a British colony. It isn't something they just picked up. English has spoken in India for generations. Plus, not all Indians speak Hindi(many different languages), and so English becomes kind of a universal language for everyone.
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