Playing Bongs wrong: Bollywood can't seem to get it right
India TodayImagine a Bengali character from an average Hindi film. What's so wrong with the portrayal of Bengali in Hindi films? In fact, this is also a problem that noted director Srijit Mukherji, known for Bengali films like Baishe Shrabon and, more recently, Tekka and Hindi films like Sherdil: The Pilbhit Saga and Shabaash Mithu, finds while watching some Hindi films. As one might argue that the film shows several stereotypes, only to debunk them later and that it also employed actual Bengali actors as Rani's parents, the problem with diction can't be overlooked. There are also cases, like in Reema Kagti's Gold, where a Bengali character, Monobina, played by an actual Bengali - Mouni Roy, mispronounces Hindi because Bengalis can't speak Hindi after all.
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