And a bit of French, OK. So Marathi , where do you speak that, in India? Mostly India. OK, so anybody here been to India that does not speak a local dialect there?
process. We could actually even create the right experience for them on the fly. So I could have a user who from your example if it's the farmer in let's say Maharashtra and prefers an interface that works in Marathi is someone who has not taken a loan before is not completely aware of various schemes they might be eligible for from the government. We do a more elaborate simple interface for them in Marati. But if it was one of you who is a more tech-savvy individual who's comfortable with financial products etc. we might even speed up that process by introducing some
She has to keep my little daughter in check all the time and just making sure that she doesn't come and disturb me when I was taking Marathi lessons, lessons from the chief assistant director. He was very good.
He was very good. His knowledge about Marathi poetry and literature was amazing. So he used to come to my place.
Because Siras was-- his sexuality was not his identity. Siras being a great Marathi literature professor in "Aligarh"-- that was his identity. So I wanted to know his identity, to get close to his identity, to really get into the skin of the character.
So he used to come to my place. And we should just learn-- I was just learning Marathi . And this chief of assistant director was always amazed and surprised as to why I'm learning Marathi , because I'm not going to say any line in Marathi
in a Hindi film. But I kept on asking him to introduce me to Marathi poetry, Marathi poets. So he used to put it on the YouTube sometime.
He used to get some link, open it on his computer. And I used to just listen to those Marathi words. And sometime, I should start writing in Marathi , also, whatever he was asking him to write.
And sometime, I should start writing in Marathi , also, whatever he was asking him to write. Sometime he used to make me read a few Marathi lines from a Marathi novel. But for me, it was very, very important to think like Siras as a Marathi literature person.
One in Hindi, with "Mere Dushman Mere Bhai" in the movie "Border," right? And then the second one was in the Marathi movie "Jogwa." "Jogwa." Right. How are these two different kinds of songs in two different languages, spread across 15, 20 years probably, what in your mind
And I used to just listen to those Marathi words. And sometime, I should start writing in Marathi , also, whatever he was asking him to write. Sometime he used to make me read a few Marathi lines from a Marathi novel.
How did you actually start learning to play tabla and how did that life-- Well, I mean, tabla was always in my house. My father is very much into Indian classical music and film music and old Marathi folk music and all that kind of stuff. So since I was born, this music was playing in my house.
Putting together two different genres? Again, it is something like the Indian talking Marathi and suddenly going to Canada and going into English. When you talk, converse.
And we should just learn-- I was just learning Marathi . And this chief of assistant director was always amazed and surprised as to why I'm learning Marathi , because I'm not going to say any line in Marathi in a Hindi film.
So you've sung songs in multiple languages. Hindi, Tamil, Marathi , Malayalam, Kannada, and a few more. The list goes on.
Sometime he used to make me read a few Marathi lines from a Marathi novel. But for me, it was very, very important to think like Siras as a Marathi literature person. Because Siras was-- his sexuality was not his identity.
So I wanted to know his identity, to get close to his identity, to really get into the skin of the character. So if you see the film, his love for Lata Mangeshkar, or love for Marathi poetry, or the way he talks, the way he approaches his literature-- that makes Siras the character.
You know, I might have. I don't know. The thing is, my folks are from Mumbai, and I can only speak Marathi . I didn't speak Hindi, and so we hadn't grown up watching Hindi cinema.
Fifth? OK, so you, sir, in the back, in the green shirt, four languages, what's one of the languages you speak? Well, of course, English, Hindi, Marathi , and a bit of French. And a bit of French, OK.
You know? Just stop. say, Canada, Bangalore. In some languages, it's a thriving culture, theater scene, where theater is done, like Marathi theater, 30
that works in Marathi is someone who has not taken a loan before is not completely aware of various schemes they might be eligible for from the government. We do a more elaborate simple interface for them in Marati. But if it was one of you who is a more tech-savvy individual who's comfortable with financial products etc. we might even speed up that process by introducing some of the jargon that brings efficiency because you probably understand some of those things right and therefore there's no point in putting you through what would appear to be a very long uh experience.