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‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ actor apologises to MNS for ‘Hindi-Marathi’ controversy, creator says ‘I am an Indian’

Famous comedy show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah landed in fiasco after one of its characters Champaklal said that Hindi is the language of Mumbai. Soon after that, political party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) slammed the makers of the show and issued threats.

However, Now, Asit Kumarr Modi, the creator of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, has issued a statement on Twitter. He wrote, “Mumbai Maharashtra mein hai aur humare Maharashtra ki rajbhasha Marathi hi hai. Isme koi doubt nahi hai. Main bharatiya hoon. Maharashtrian hoon aur Gujarati bhi. Saari bharatiya bhashaon ka samman karta hoon (Mumbai is in Maharashtra and Marathi is the official language of our Maharashtra. There is no doubt about that. I am an Indian. I am a Maharashtrian and also a Gujarati. I respect all Indian languages). Jai Hind.”

Last week, in an episode of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, Champaklal aka Bapuji resolved an argument between the residents of Gokuldham, who wanted to write the ‘thought for the day’ on the society’s notice board in their respective native languages. He told the warring residents, “Dekho, humara Gokuldham Mumbai mein hai. Aur Mumbai ki aam bhasha kya hai? Hindi! Isliye hum suvichar Hindi mein likhte hai. Agar humara Gokuldham Chennai mein hota, toh hum suvichar Tamil mein likhte (See, our Gokuldham is in Mumbai. And what is the common language of Mumbai? Hindi! This is why we write the ‘thought for the day’ in Hindi. If Gokuldham were in Chennai, we would write it in Tamil).”

This made MNS unhappy and Ameya Khopkar, president of the cinema wing of MNS issued a statement and said despite knowing that Marathi is the language of Mumbai, people deliberately spread misinformation. He added that these “Gujarati insects” must be taught a lesson.

After the debacle the actor Amit Bhatt, who recited the controversial dialogue apologised to party and said he was only following the script. –Inputs from Hindustan Times

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