By Post News Network
Mumbai: Actor Rajkummar Rao has addressed the ongoing debate around the Hindi-Marathi language issue in Maharashtra and opened up about the silence of Hindi film actors on such sensitive topics.
In a recent conversation with IANS, the 鈥楽tree鈥 actor shared his nuanced view on why not every actor publicly comments on every issue and why silence doesn鈥檛 necessarily mean indifference. When asked whether Hindi film industry actors avoid speaking on controversial topics to remain politically correct, Rao responded by saying that people should talk about issues they feel strongly about, but not out of compulsion.
He explained that while actors are deeply sensitive and affected by social matters, the pressure to express those emotions publicly, especially on social media, can be misleading. Rajkummar Rao shared, 鈥淚 think if there鈥檚 an issue you feel strongly about, you should talk about it. But it鈥檚 not necessary to speak on every issue. And just because you don鈥檛 post about something on social media doesn鈥檛 mean you don鈥檛 care about it. I think that鈥檚 a bit strange. Like, I love my country, I love my country immensely.鈥
鈥淏ut even beyond the country, for anything, if something happens, of course, I feel very bad. Especially as actors, we are very, very sensitive people. I feel very bad. But if I don鈥檛 post about it on social media, then it鈥檚 assumed that I didn鈥檛 feel bad. Since when did social media become the platform to decide whether or not someone cares? If you post, it means you care, and if you don鈥檛, it means you don鈥檛 feel anything. Who decided that? There are so many people in this country, in this world, who aren鈥檛 on social media, don鈥檛 they feel bad? They do. Don鈥檛 they feel good when something good happens? Of course, they do.鈥
Citing personal examples, the 鈥楽rikanth鈥 actor shared how deeply affected he was by the visuals of an aeroplane crash during a shoot, saying he cried after watching them. But he chose not to share those feelings on social media.
鈥淚鈥檝e cried when I saw those aeroplane crash visuals. We were shooting those days when it happened. But is it so important to put it on social media, that you know, when I saw this, I cried a lot? No, it鈥檚 a personal feeling that you have or don鈥檛 have. Too much of trying to put it on social media might also take away the sensitivity.鈥
In a recent development, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray have opposed the inclusion of Hindi as a third language in Marathi-medium and other government schools. A few days ago, the Maharashtra government recommended Hindi as an optional third language in state-run schools.