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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, known for his command over Hindi, hopes the new generation of Bollywood actors use the language more often instead of being highly Westernised.
Amitabh, 75, is seen using proper Hindi while he interacts with the common people who participate in the reality TV game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati“, the 10th season of which will go on air on September 3.
Asked if the new generation of Hindi film actors are using lesser Hindi and are becoming highly Westernised, Amitabh said at the launch of the show here on Tuesday: “Yes, I agree with that observation.”
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“In fact, these days when I get anything that is written in Roman Hindi, I return it to the person and ask him/ her to write it in Devanagri script.
“When it comes to the show KBC, I am not trying to force anything upon anyone but the language of the show is Hindi, so I speak in Hindi. If that inspires the young generation to speak in Hindi more, it is good,” he added.
The Bachchan household has multi-cultural people. While Big B’s wife Jaya is from Bengal, his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan comes from the south.
Asked about the most used language in the Bachchan household, the actor said: “Talking about our household, we speak in a universal language. We speak in Hindi and English both.
“Some of the family members are from north India, some from the southern land and some from West Bengal as well, so if you come to our house, we appreciate Punjabi, Hindi, Bengali and every other language.”