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Post by sjg on Mar 13, 2017 14:37:57 GMT
Does anyone else find the odd use of English in Indian films odd? Sometimes half a sentence is in Hindi and the other half in English which i just find weird.
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Post by nausea on Mar 13, 2017 14:56:14 GMT
It doesn't actually mean anything.
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 13, 2017 15:18:17 GMT
Does anyone else find the odd use of English in Indian films odd? Sometimes half a sentence is in Hindi and the other half in English which i just find weird. I have not seen any Indian movie in over ten years but that is how most of the people in urban India speak in everyday life. In my school (it was a catholic school) we were fined for speaking in Hindi except in Hindi class. I paid 5 Rs for getting caught speaking in Hindi on two occasions. So most people would learn an OK English but at home parents speak in Hindi so most of the people who grew up in 90s or later have developed a habit of mixing Hindi and English. I was very poor in both English and Hindi and in fact barely passed in Hindi in my Matric exam. |
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Post by sjg on Mar 13, 2017 15:29:31 GMT
Interesting, thanks for the insight Aj.
I'm watching Dil Chahta Hai as we speak and it's far more noticeable which led me to wonder why
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 13, 2017 17:48:22 GMT
Dil Chahta if I recall may be about 12 years old movie. The thing you are talking about will be more apparent in that movie as it was probably targeted at English speaking class of India but in the coming years you could see this trend more pervasive as now a days even the cheaper schools pay attention to English and at least in urban areas almost all kids get to learn English. When last time I was in India about 3 years ago I came across people in metros who speak only in English in their daily lives.
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Post by naterdawg on Mar 13, 2017 19:01:03 GMT
I have absolutely NO interest in watching Indian films. Although I do like this:
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Post by sjg on Mar 13, 2017 19:03:51 GMT
I'm working through the IMDB Top 250's so there is a few i need to check out. I was pleasantly surprised how good 3 Idiots was.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 15, 2017 22:38:19 GMT
For all the Oxford educated Pakistanis in the audience.
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Post by deeznutz on Apr 25, 2017 3:22:52 GMT
We get it in English films especially when based abroad some films have hardly any English then loads of subs
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Post by medjay on Apr 26, 2017 20:15:04 GMT
I'm working through the IMDB Top 250's so there is a few i need to check out. I was pleasantly surprised how good 3 Idiots was. Watch Khakee 2004. |
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Post by chalk2 on Apr 26, 2017 23:21:54 GMT
I have a Cable Channel called ZEETV which is Indian programming and I looked in on a Singing competition and was surprised to find that both Contestants and Judges all spoke in part English and part Hindu. Clearly it must be common practice. It did seem somewhat strange to hear it.
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