“If you want to kill a language, keep it limited to textbooks,” says bilingual author, and filmmaker Pankaj Dubey. “Be it the South, or North-East, Hindi songs are popular in nooks and crannies of our country and this is the biggest certificate of industry’s contribution.” Pankaj Dubey While talking about how Hindi films have garnered more followers for the language, Tripathi says, “Our effort is also to include the words in dialogues that are fast disappearing from life so that those words remain alive.” Script writer Sanjay Chauhan credits the film industry being one significant medium for spread of the language. Wishing The Tribune readers Hindi Diwas in chaste Hindi, Pankaj Tripathi says, “My mother tongue is Bhojpuri but I have studied in a Hindi medium school, and this is the language that’s been my rozi roti.” Pankaj Tripathi A still from Hindi MediumĪctors like Pankaj Tripathi and Manoj Bajpayee use Hindi for their social media posts, keeping their connect with the language and their massive fan following.
Bollywood time and again brings many such dialogues and memorable songs to the fore. The famous Akshay Kumar’s monologue in Namastey London is a glimpse of incredible India. India with its two official languages – Hindi and English – has its people get into some conflicts at times – a struggle shown beautifully in films like Hindi Medium and English Vinglish. The industry has won its fair share of cinephiles, and spread some true Hindi love. Pegged at Rs 183 billion, Bollywood remains the significant soft power with a wide reach. And the Hindi film industry has done its significant bit in this domain. For any language to survive and thrive, it’s important that it remains the language of the masses.