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Hindi Diwas: From Hindi Medium to Pardes: Check out Bollywood films that celebrate the language
English Vinglish and Namaste London are other films that threw light on the richness of Hindi
Do not miss out on these films that celebrate the language of Hindi
The film industry has produced some movies that have paid tribute to Hindi and its beauty. We take you through movies that showcase the pride coming by speaking one’s own mother tongue and celebrating its beauty. From Hindi Medium to Pardes, take a look at Bollywood films that celebrate Hindi.
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Hindi Medium
The 2017 drama features Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar in lead roles. It depicts the life of a middle-class family who in hope of increasing their social mobility tries to change their lives and realize that language and culture does not make a difference as long as quality values are ingrained within a person.
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English Vinglish
The Gauri Shinde-directed movie features Sridevi as a middle-class mother who is ridiculed for her Hindi by her children and is insulted by them. In an attempt to gain their respect, she learns English but the movie showcases how the language does not make a difference to one’s personality.
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Namastey London
Namastey London is a romantic comedy featuring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. They play a couple who are constantly in a rift as their social settings differ based on their language and culture. Jasmeet (Katrina Kaif) looks down upon the Hindi language and Indian culture, only to realise the shallowness of her behaviour and comes back to India.
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Pardes
The 1997 Subhash Ghai directorial features Shah Rukh Khan and Mahima Choudhary. It tells the story of Ganga who hails from a small village in India and cannot speak English nor act in Western ways. She gets married to an NRI named Arjun who cannot accept her middle-class ways. The film’s song, Yeh Mera India became an all-time favourite and tells us to love our country and our language.