In 2010, when celebrated Hindi writer and playwright, Asghar Wajahat wrote a polemical article in Jansatta, “Lipi ka sawal: Yeh dil mange more” (Question of script: The heart desires more) suggesting ...

MUMBAI- Vineet Kumar Singh recently discussed the trend of Bollywood scripts being written in Roman characters despite the films being made in Hindi. The ‘Chhaava’ actor revealed that he specifically ...

Veteran lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar writes Hindi dialogues in the Roman script for new actors who cannot read anything else. He believes that language belongs to a region and has nothing to do with ...

He says if actors are speaking in Hindi, the script should also be written in Devanagari, not Roman letters. The actor adds that while films are made in Hindi, much of the work on set still happens in ...