Kichcha Sudeep, at an event in Bengaluru, said that Hindi is not a national language anymore. The speech became viral and ruffled a lot of feathers as well. Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn took offence and said that Hindi will always be our national language.
Speaking to Hindustan Times, Kichcha Sudeep said, "Ajay Devgn is a gentleman. There is nothing there. I am telling you 100% that there is a small misinterpretation there. He tweeted to me but he was very sweet enough to retweet back and say ‘I got my answer Sudeep, thanks for clearing it up. I am very sure the man I know would never tweet in Hindi. It’s definitely a third-person’s idea behind it. I do not want to know or conclude on that. Hindi is ours too. It is one language that doesn’t belong to a particular religion or community. It’s a common language that we use in India to talk to each other. It’s a connecting language and we are proud of it. I don’t have a fight against Hindi. My simple point was that pan-India shouldn’t always mean Hindi. Just because you are making Hindi films does not automatically make them pan-India. Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Punjabi, Tamil films are also becoming pan-India now. This is what I wanted to say. The debate at the time was that it was our national language. It’s not but we love it still. He may be coming from there but this language belongs to us also. It belongs to us as much as it belongs to you.”
