Pawan Kalyan clarifies his "Tamil movie dubbing" comment says, "Maine kabhi Hindi Bhasha ka virodh nahin kiya"

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and actor Pawan Kalyan has recently chimed into the Tamil vs Hindi language controversy and shared his thoughts. However, his comment about the Tamil film being dubbed in Hindi sparked another controversy, and the actor had to issue a clarification.

Pawan Kalyan took to his X (formerly known as Twitter) on Saturday and claimed that he never opposed the Hindi language, amid growing tensions over his remarks on Tamil movies being dubbed in Hindi. This statement aims to diffuse the controversy sparked by his initial comment.

He wrote, “Both the tendencies of forcible imposition of a language or blindly opposing a language are not helpful in achieving the basic objective of national and cultural unity of our country India.”

Pawan Kalyan further noted, “I have never opposed the Hindi language. I have only opposed making it compulsory for everyone. When the NEP-2020 itself does not make Hindi compulsory, then making false statements about its implementation is nothing but misleading the public.”

He explained, “According to the NEP-2020, students have the option to learn any two Indian languages ​​(including their mother tongue) along with a foreign language. If they don't want to study Hindi, they can choose Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Gujarati, Assamese, Kashmiri, Odia, Bengali, Punjabi, Sindhi, Bodo, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Meitei, Nepali, Santhali, Urdu or any other Indian language.”
He further noted that the multilingual policy aims to give students more options, bring people together across the country, and protect India's many languages. He added, “Misinterpreting this policy for a political agenda and claiming that I have changed my stand on it only shows a lack of mutual understanding.”