Actor Chiranjeevi On "Humiliating" Delhi Trip, How Telugu Cinema Changed
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Chiranjeevi's emotional speech at an awards event comes amid a pushback from South India against alleged attempts to impose Hindi as national language
For a long time, only Hindi cinema was projected as Indian cinema and it was "very humiliating" for him as an actor from the Telugu film industry, renowned actor Chiranjeevi has said, while crediting films such as Baahubali and RRR with breaking language barriers and making them proud. While the language debate goes on, Telugu star Chiranjeevi recalled the time South Indian cinema was sidelined at an awards function... pic.twitter.com/sMALFJTldl
The superstar's emotional address, delivered at a pre-release event of his latest film Acharya, comes amid a pushback from South India against alleged attempts to impose Hindi as a national language.
In a video shared by Brut India, Mr Chiranjeevi is heard recounting his trip to Delhi to receive a national award for Rudraveena (1988).
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