114-467: Raanjhanaa ( transl. Beloved one ), released in Tamil as Ambikapathy is a 2013 Indian Hindi -language romantic drama film directed by Aanand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma . The film is produced by Krishika Lulla under the banner of Eros International . It stars Dhanush (in his Hindi film debut), Sonam Kapoor , Abhay Deol , Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Swara Bhaskar . The film
228-412: A Bharatanatyam dancer, having become interested in the art form following her association with Leela Samson from the age of 11. She worked as a part of Samson's dance group, Spanda, teaching students and travelling through India and abroad to perform in stage events. In early 2004, Hydari completed work on her first acting project titled Sringaram , where she portrayed the lead role of a devadasi ,
342-491: A "quintessential Hindi movie heroine", she revealed that she signed the film owing to Akshay Kumar's popularity and that it was important to be a part of a film which would have a "wide reach". The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success. In 2014, Hydari appeared in two guest roles – as a royal princess in the comedy drama Khoobsurat and then as a dancer in the Marathi period drama Rama Madhav , at
456-686: A "welcome change from glamorous heroines we usually see on screen." Abhijit Bhaduri of The Times of India said that despite the lack of focus on her character, she did justice to her part by "conveying stuff with her eyes." Ananya Bhattacharya of India Today gave Hydari the highest praise saying that she "brings vulnerability to her Ruhana" added that she "has to her credit several strong sequences." Hydari next starred in Abhishek Kapoor 's romantic drama Fitoor , along with Tabu , Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur . The film based on Charles Dickens ' novel Great Expectations , had Hydari play
570-471: A Hindu boy and send her away to Aligarh to study. In her absence, Kundan gets involved with her family to be on their good side. Zoya eventually goes to Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi and falls for student leader Akram Zaidi. Eight years later, Zoya returns home and Kundan asks her to marry him. She rejects him again because of religious and class differences, and reveals her relationship with Akram. Kundan
684-571: A cameo role of Young Sardar Kaur in Sardar Ka Grandson . Her final film of the year was Telugu film Maha Samudram , opposite Siddharth and Sharwanand . In 2022, she played Mouna, in the Tamil film Hey Sinamika opposite Dulquer Salmaan , which received mixed reviews. Haricharan Pudipeddi stated that she delivers a "mature performance". Hydari expanded to web with her first release of 2023, Taj: Divided by Blood , where she played Anarkali . Suchandra Bose for The Quint criticised
798-626: A chariot and performed the title track of the film. The producer stated that the event was promoted in Banarasi style so as to represent the essence of the film and its setting. The film's music was promoted at the Radio Mirchi Studios in Mumbai on 27 May 2013. Dressed in typical South Indian attire, Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor promoted the Tamil version, Ambikapathy in Chennai . The leading duo also promoted
912-573: A core vocabulary of native Prakrit and Sanskrit-derived words. However, Hindi is written in the Devanagari script and contains more direct tatsama Sanskrit -derived words than Urdu, whereas Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script and uses more Arabic and Persian loanwords compared to Hindi. Because of this, as well as the fact that the two registers share an identical grammar, a consensus of linguists consider them to be two standardised forms of
1026-486: A courtesan Bibbojaan in Sanjay Leela Bhansali 's Heeramandi . Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in added, "Rao Hydari is well-placed to do the heavy lifting required of her soft-hearted but secretly tough character." While, Sukanya Verma was appreciative of her beauty and looks. Hydari will next appear alongside Vijay Sethupathi and Arvind Swamy in the silent film, Gandhi Talks . She is also set to appear in
1140-512: A critic noted her role "suffers due to an undeveloped characterization". Hydari made a public statement that she wanted to appear in lead roles, rather than portray secondary characters, and subsequently, she was cast in her first lead role in a Hindi film through London, Paris, New York (2012) opposite Ali Zafar . Directed by Anu Menon , the film narrated the tale of a couple who connect with each other in unlikely circumstances in three different cities – London, Paris and New York City. With
1254-477: A doctor based in Kargil during the 1999 war , who has a tumultuous and abusive relationship with a fighter pilot, played by Karthi . Upon release, Kaatru Veliyidai garnered mixed reviews; though critics predominantly praised the performance of Hydari along with A. R. Rahman 's music and Ravi Varman 's cinematography. Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express opined: "Hydari's exotic looks and vulnerable demeanour
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#17328723911961368-412: A good Bollywood launchpad for Dhanush. Makes me want to see what he will do in his second pass." At Emirates 24/7 , Sneha May Francis said, "While music maestro AR Rahman tunes the track, and leaves us occasionally cheerful, the moments are far too few to erase the horrid after effects of this movie." Critic Manohar Basu at Koimoi stated, "However a sluggish screenplay and lurching script makes Raanjhanaa
1482-480: A half baked effort and hence gets a 3/5 from me." Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu concluded, "A dream debut for Dhanush even if the film gets stuck in its messy political subtext that kills the romance." At The Hollywood Reporter , Lisa Tsering left the film unrated and asserted, "The fact that the film marks the Hindi-language debut of South Indian star and YouTube superstar Dhanush is bound to draw interest at
1596-608: A larger amount are still used in Urdu poetry written in the Devanagari script. Many words borrowed from Persian in turn were loanwords from Arabic (e.g. muśkil "difficult", havā "air", x(a)yāl "thought", kitāb "book"). Hindi also makes extensive use of loan translation ( calqueing ) and occasionally phono-semantic matching of English . Many Hindustani words were derived from Portuguese due to interaction with colonists and missionaries: Aditi Rao Hydari Aditi Rao Hydari (Hindi: [ədɪtɪ ɾɑːʋ ɦɛːdɾiː] ; born 28 October 1978)
1710-529: A literary language in the 19th century. Earliest examples could be found as Prēm Sāgar by Lallu Lal , Batiyāl Pachīsī of Sadal Misra, and Rānī Kētakī Kī Kahānī of Insha Allah Khan which were published in Devanagari script during the early 19th century. John Gilchrist was principally known for his study of the Hindustani language , which was adopted as the lingua franca of northern India (including what
1824-523: A medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit and secondarily on other languages. It
1938-410: A part of the process of Sanskritisation , new words are coined using Sanskrit components to be used as replacements for supposedly foreign vocabulary. Usually these neologisms are calques of English words already adopted into spoken Hindi. Some terms such as dūrbhāṣ "telephone", literally "far-speech" and dūrdarśan "television", literally "far-sight" have even gained some currency in formal Hindi in
2052-457: A poor response from critics, with the critic from The Times of India noting "Aditi Rao Hydari's good looks is the only good thing about this amateurish attempt, masquerading as a feature film, aimed for adults." Hydari's first project of 2017, Kaatru Veliyidai , marked her first collaboration with director Mani Ratnam and second film in Tamil Cinema . She played the role of Leela Abraham,
2166-501: A pretty picture. And this brutal honesty coupled with a commanding Dhanush is what works." Meena Iyer of The Times of India claimed, "Raanjhanaa is a love story that has a Shakespearean touch and is mounted on a lavish scale". She noted, "You may not like this film if you cannot digest brooding love stories", and gave it 3.5 out of 5. Kaushik Rmesh of Planet Bollywood gave the film an 8 on 10 and summarised, "A realistic romance that brims with impressive elements (including and especially
2280-544: A second language. A Hindi proponent, Indian-born Paramananda Jha , was elected vice-president of Nepal. He took his oath of office in Hindi in July 2008. This created protests in the streets for 5 days; students burnt his effigies, and there was a general strike in 22 districts. Nepal Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that his oath in Hindi was invalid and he was kept "inactive" as vice-president. An "angry" Jha said, "I cannot be compelled to take
2394-482: A secure yet confident university student, socialist and a budding politician. After main casting announcements, filming was substantially delayed; the reason was speculated to be composer A. R. Rahman 's music being denied outright by the film director. Filming officially began in Varanasi , India in early September 2012 and continued for 40 days in and around the city. As per reports, the leading duo were also seen playing
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#17328723911962508-521: A simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi ). Outside India, several other languages are recognised officially as "Hindi" but do not refer to the Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other nearby languages, such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri . Such languages include Fiji Hindi , which has an official status in Fiji , and Caribbean Hindustani , which
2622-403: A slap on his face." At Deccan Chronicle , Khalid Mohamed mentioned, "Raanjhanaa: Playing ping pong with love", and gave it three stars out of five. India Today rated the film 3/5 and judged, "Raanjhanaa harks back to the way Bollywood used to make love stories once upon a time. With some imagination, the effect would have been nostalgic, too." Shubha Shetty Saha of Mid-Day assigned 3.5/5 to
2736-425: A special appearance in the film. Urmila Sharma, well known for her Hindi TV serial roles was signed to play the character of Kundan's mother in the film. Initially, Aditi Rao Hydari was supposed to play the role of Kundan's childhood friend but she opted out due to lack of availability, being replaced by Swara Bhaskar . Dhanush Kundan who has a deep obsession with his hometown of Banaras and Zoya. It depicts him
2850-569: A standardised form of Hindustani separate from Urdu took form. In 1881, Bihar accepted Hindi as its sole official language, replacing Urdu, and thus became the first state of India to adopt Hindi. However, in 2014, Urdu was accorded second official language status in the state. After independence, the Government of India instituted the following conventions: On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in
2964-523: A stranger advises him to do the right thing. He finds Zoya back at her university, spearheading Jasjeet's political party, the All India Citizen Party. Kundan joins the party and rises up the ranks to become their candidate, but Zoya refuses to forgive him. Instead, she plots with the Chief Minister to have him assassinated. While delivering a speech at a party event, Kundan is shot and sent to
3078-509: A supporting role of an unmarried woman living in a community where spinsterhood was frowned upon. Featuring in an ensemble cast alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor , Hydari was selected by Mehra after he was impressed with her performance in Sringaram . In 2011, Hydari appeared in a role opposite Arunoday Singh in Sudhir Mishra 's romantic drama Yeh Saali Zindagi . Portraying
3192-427: A temple dancer of the 19th century. The Tamil film was directed by Sharada Ramanathan and produced by Padmini Ravi, a noted Bharatanatyam dancer. Hydari was offered the role after Ramanathan saw her dance performance at a conference, and was also impressed with her "vulnerable and fresh face" and her resemblance to dancer Shobana . After being screened at numerous international film festivals throughout 2005 and 2006,
3306-593: A year break, Hydari had three releases in 2020. She first played a RJ opposite Udhayanidhi Stalin in Psycho . With her next film Sufiyum Sujatayum , she returned to Malayalam films playing a mute girl alongside Dev Mohan . Nitya Punnackal of Manorama Online said, "While Aditi plays adult Sujatha beautifully, she fails to bring freshness in her younger version." In her final film that year, Hydari played Nani 's wife Saheba in V . Janaki K. of India Today noted, "With limited screen time, Aditi's character arc makes
3420-455: A young boy and a teen who turns into a sensitive adult. Sonam Kapoor quoted her character as, “'Zoya' is childlike and unpredictable. She can be cold and at the same time, objective. She has every quality that makes her desirable to a man." In an interview, Kapoor revealed that for playing the role of a school girl in the film, she drew inspiration from the character Jaya Bachchan played in the 1971 film Guddi . Actor Abhay Deol as Akram plays
3534-466: Is a classical singer accomplished in the thumri and dadra genres of Hindustani music . Her mother (Aditi's maternal grandmother), Shanta Rameshwar Rao, was the founder of Vidyaranya High School in Hyderabad and chairperson of the publishing house Orient Blackswan , established by her father Raja J Rameshwar Rao. Vidya is the step-daughter of J. Rameshwar Rao , last ruling Raja of Wanaparthy . He
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3648-407: Is a love story that does not fall within the confines of a clichéd Bollywood romance." Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5 out of 5 and stated, "On the whole, Raanjhanaa encompasses romance and myriad emotions most wonderfully, besides bravura performances and a popular musical score from the maestro." Adarsh also called it "a film that touches the core of your heart" and said it
3762-670: Is a perfect foil to Karthi's mercurial ways. The actress has been flatteringly photographed." She next appeared as the titular lead in Omung Kumar 's Bhoomi , with Sanjay Dutt , where she played a rape survivor. In her first release of 2018, Hydari played the role of Alauddin Khalji 's first wife, Queen Mehrunisa , opposite Ranveer Singh in the epic film Padmaavat directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali . The film released on 25 January 2018 amidst numerous controversies and protests. Padmaavat received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics but
3876-642: Is a standard register of the Hindustani language; additionally, Indian media are widely viewed in Pakistan. A sizeable population in Afghanistan , especially in Kabul , can also speak and understand Hindi-Urdu due to the popularity and influence of Bollywood films, songs and actors in the region. Hindi is also spoken by a large population of Madheshis (people having roots in north-India but having migrated to Nepal over hundreds of years) of Nepal . Apart from this, Hindi
3990-517: Is actually Jasjeet, a Sikh man lying about his identity. Enraged, he reveals this to Zoya’s family. Jasjeet is kidnapped and brutally beaten up, and Zoya attempts suicide. While tending to them, Kundan misses his own wedding to Bindiya, and his family disowns him. He then tries to redeem himself by taking Zoya to Jasjeet, who has returned home. Upon their arrival, they discover that Jasjeet died from his wounds, and Kundan runs away, overwhelmed with guilt. Now homeless, Kundan wanders without purpose until
4104-460: Is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary, standard Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu , another recognised register of Hindustani, as both Hindi and Urdu share a core vocabulary base derived from Prakrit (a descendant of Sanskrit). Hindi is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in
4218-684: Is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi , Tamil and Telugu films. Born into the Tyabji–Hydari family , she made her film debut with the Malayalam film Prajapathi (2006). She received attention for her roles in Delhi 6 (2009) and Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), for which she won her first Screen Award . She subsequently appeared in Rockstar (2011), the horror film Murder 3 (2013), Boss (2013), and
4332-409: Is an official language of Gujarat , along with Gujarati . It acts as an additional official language of West Bengal in blocks and sub-divisions with more than 10% of the population speaking Hindi. Similarly, Hindi is accorded the status of official language in the following Union Territories : Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu . Although there
4446-426: Is arguably the best love story of the year so far, the kind of film others in the genre should aspire.". On the contrary to above, critic Mayank Shekhar wrote, "His ( Dhanush ) character is supposed to be gifted with great inter-personal skills. It doesn't quite show." Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave it 2.5 out of 5 and mentioned, "Raanjhanaa is a film which is all of a piece in its engaging first half, and
4560-542: Is based on the language that was spoken in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab ( Delhi , Meerut and Saharanpur ) called Khariboli ; the vernacular of Delhi and the surrounding region came to replace earlier prestige languages such as Awadhi and Braj . Standard Hindi was developed by supplanting foreign loanwords from the Hindustani language and replacing them with Sanskrit words, though Standard Hindi does continue to possess several Persian loanwords. Modern Hindi became
4674-623: Is borrowed from Sanskrit as tatsam borrowings, especially in technical and academic fields. The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native speakers. They may have Sanskrit consonant clusters which do not exist in Hindustani, causing difficulties in pronunciation. As
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4788-455: Is commonly used to specifically refer the modern literary Hindi language, as opposed to colloquial and regional varieties that are also referred to as Hindi in a wider sense . Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit , through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th century CE. The sound changes that characterised
4902-401: Is furious but reluctantly agrees to help her convince her parents when she begs him. He promises Zoya that he too will marry someone else and forget about her. He goes to his childhood friend Bindiya, who’s been in love with him for years, and tells her he’s ready to marry her now. Bindiya is thrilled, and wedding preparations begin immediately. On Zoya's wedding day, Kundan finds out that Akram
5016-401: Is like heady wine and its effect will only grow." Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN wrote, "For its immensely entertaining first half, a winning score by AR Rahman, but most of all for Dhanush, this is a film that's worth your time. I'm going with three out of five for Raanjhanaa. It's not perfect, but it'll do." Resham Sengar of Zee News gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and summarised " Raanjhanaa
5130-567: Is mirror to a hand with bangles, What is Persian to a literate. The emergence of Modern Standard Hindi in the 19th century went along with the Sanskritisation of its vocabulary, leading to a marginalisation of Persian vocabulary in Hindi, which continued after Partition when the Indian government co-opted the policy of Sanskritisation. However, many Persian words (e.g. bas "enough", khud "self") have remained entrenched in Standard Hindi, and
5244-597: Is no specification of a national language in the constitution, it is a widely held belief that Hindi is the national language of India. This is often a source of friction and contentious debate. In 2010, the Gujarat High Court clarified that Hindi is not the national language of India because the constitution does not mention it as such. Outside Asia , the Awadhi language (an Eastern Hindi dialect) with influence from Bhojpuri , Bihari languages , Fijian and English
5358-513: Is now present-day Pakistan ) by British colonists and indigenous people. He compiled and authored An English-Hindustani Dictionary , A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language , The Oriental Linguist , and many more. His lexicon of Hindustani was published in the Perso-Arabic script , Nāgarī script , and in Roman transliteration .In the late 19th century, a movement to further develop Hindi as
5472-713: Is spoken by the large Indian diaspora which hails from, or has its origin from the "Hindi Belt" of India. A substantially large North Indian diaspora lives in countries like the United States of America , the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates , Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, South Africa, Fiji and Mauritius , where it is natively spoken at home and among their own Hindustani-speaking communities. Outside India, Hindi speakers are 8 million in Nepal ; 863,077 in
5586-459: Is spoken in Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , and Guyana . Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. If counted together with the mutually intelligible Urdu, it is the third most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English. According to reports of Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition) Hindi is the third most-spoken language in
5700-477: Is spoken in Fiji. It is an official language in Fiji as per the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, where it referred to it as "Hindustani"; however, in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji , it is simply called " Fiji Hindi " as the official language. It is spoken by 380,000 people in Fiji. Hindi is spoken as a first language by about 77,569 people in Nepal according to the 2011 Nepal census , and further by 1,225,950 people as
5814-854: Is the dominant form of Hindi online. In an analysis of YouTube comments, Palakodety et al., identified that 52% of comments were in Romanised Hindi, 46% in English, and 1% in Devanagari Hindi. Traditionally, Hindi words are divided into five principal categories according to their etymology: Hindi has naturally inherited a large portion of its vocabulary from Shauraseni Prakrit , in the form of tadbhava words. This process usually involves compensatory lengthening of vowels preceding consonant clusters in Prakrit, e.g. Sanskrit tīkṣṇa > Prakrit tikkha > Hindi tīkhā . Much of Standard Hindi's vocabulary
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#17328723911965928-566: Is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida . Devanagari consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is written from left to right. Unlike Sanskrit, Devanagari is not entirely phonetic for Hindi, especially failing to mark schwa deletion in spoken Standard Hindi. The Government of India uses Hunterian transliteration as its official system of writing Hindi in the Latin script. Various other systems also exist, such as IAST , ITRANS and ISO 15919 . Romanised Hindi , also called Hinglish ,
6042-575: The Hindi Belt ), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English. In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has developed as a lingua franca for the people living in Haflong , Assam who speak other languages natively. In Arunachal Pradesh , Hindi emerged as a lingua franca among locals who speak over 50 dialects natively. Hindi is quite easy to understand for many Pakistanis , who speak Urdu, which, like Hindi,
6156-532: The Hindustani language written in Devanagari script . It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India . Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language , which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi
6270-814: The United States of America ; 450,170 in Mauritius; 380,000 in Fiji; 250,292 in South Africa; 150,000 in Suriname; 100,000 in Uganda ; 45,800 in the United Kingdom; 20,000 in New Zealand ; 20,000 in Germany ; 26,000 in Trinidad and Tobago; 3,000 in Singapore . Linguistically , Hindi and Urdu are two registers of the same language and are mutually intelligible. Both Hindi and Urdu share
6384-612: The 50th birthday of Beohar Rajendra Simha on 14 September 1949, the efforts came to fruition following the adoption of Hindi as the official language. Now, it is celebrated as Hindi Day . Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English: (1) The official language of
6498-660: The Decade" by Film Companion . Hydari has frequently featured in Times' 50 Most Desirable Woman list. She ranked 6th in 2018, 9th in 2019 and 16th in 2020. She was named the Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Woman of 2018. In the same list, she was placed 4th in 2019 and 6th in 2020. She was also named the Chennai Times Most Desirable Woman of 2019 and was placed 5th in 2020, in the list. She
6612-623: The Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India replacing the previous usage of Hindustani in the Perso-Arabic script in the British Indian Empire . To this end, several stalwarts rallied and lobbied pan-India in favour of Hindi, most notably Beohar Rajendra Simha along with Hazari Prasad Dwivedi , Kaka Kalelkar , Maithili Sharan Gupt and Seth Govind Das who even debated in Parliament on this issue. As such, on
6726-489: The Hindi anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans (2021) and series Jubilee (2023) and Heeramandi (2024). Aditi Rao Hydari was born in Hyderabad to engineer Ahsan Hydari and singer Vidya Rao . Both of Hydari's parents belong to the nobility of erstwhile Hyderabad state . Aditi's father was the grandson of Akbar Hydari , former Prime Minister of Hyderabad state , and the nephew of Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari , former Governor of Assam . Aditi's mother, Vidya Rao ,
6840-402: The Hindi heartland. Persian borrowings reached a heyday in the 17th century, pervading all aspects of life. Even grammatical constructs, namely the izafat , were assimilated into Hindi. The status of Persian language then and thus its influence, is also visible in Hindi proverbs : हाथ कंगन को आरसी क्या, पढ़े लिखे को फ़ारसी क्या। Hāth kaṅgan ko ārsī kyā, Paṛhe likhe ko Fārsī kyā. What
6954-563: The Hindu/Indian people') was often used in the past, for example by Amir Khusrau in his poetry. The terms Hindi and Hindu trace back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name Sindhu ( सिन्धु ), referring to the Indus River . The Greek cognates of the same terms are Indus (for the river) and India (for the land of the river). The term Modern Standard Hindi
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#17328723911967068-510: The ICU. At a press conference with the Chief Minister, Zoya confesses to her involvement in the plot and finds out that Kundan was aware of it but still went to the event. Shocked, she rushes to the hospital to be with him. In his dying moments, Kundan muses about being reborn in Varanasi and falling in love with Zoya again. In late 2011, Shahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha were signed as the lead pair for
7182-530: The Official Languages Act of 1963, which provided for the continued use of English indefinitely for all official purposes, although the constitutional directive for the Union Government to encourage the spread of Hindi was retained and has strongly influenced its policies. Article 344 (2b) stipulates that the official language commission shall be constituted every ten years to recommend steps for
7296-542: The President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union. Article 351 of the Indian constitution states: It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as
7410-460: The Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals. (2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement: Provided that
7524-573: The United Kingdom amounted to £72,000, while in North America it made $ 415,000. The film collected $ 145,000 in the UAE and $ 46,000 in Australia. Raanjhanaa also grossed $ 1.55 million in ten days. Further, the film receded its total collections and dropped around $ 1.8 million by 17 July 2013. On June 21, 2023, the 10th anniversary of Raanjhanaa' s theatrical release, a standalone sequel, titled Tere Ishk Mein ,
7638-551: The actress and the director visited the JNU Campus of Delhi for the former to imbibe more for her role. Sonam also attended acting workshops with prominent theatre director Arvind Gaur to learn the nuances of street theatre. The director chose to cast actors who could also play younger versions of themselves. In an interview the director stated the film was an intense love story, and its characters would travel to Delhi , Punjab and Chennai , and that actor Abhay Deol would be seen in
7752-469: The box office, though Rai's firm refusal to play by the rules of the typical Bollywood love story may make it hard to sustain momentum." Pakistan 's Central Board of Film Censors (CFBC) banned the film before its scheduled release in Pakistan. Chief executive officer of IMGC Global Entertainment Amjad Rasheed, the importer of Raanjhanaa , revealed that he received a letter from the CBFC with directives to shelve
7866-632: The box office. Raanjhanaa also had the fourth-highest second week collections of the year 2013. It grossed Rs 75 million in its third week, taking its total domestic overall collections to ₹ 600 million (US$ 7.2 million) and worldwide collections nearing to a remarkable mark and becoming the second highest-grosser of 2013 at the time of its release. The film ended its run with an estimated ₹ 615 million (US$ 7.4 million) nett in India. Raanjhanaa grossed around ₹ 15.0 million (US$ 180,000) internationally on its first weekend. Its first weekend gross in
7980-463: The character's importance and added, "Aditi doesn't have much to do other than look gorgeous and gaze longingly at her prince." That year, she played an actress in Vikramaditya Motwane 's web series, Jubilee . Shubhra Gupta noted that though Rao Hydari is over-utilizing her deer-caught-in-headlights stare, she is a "perfect fit" for the steely-softness of Sumitra. In 2024, Hydari played
8094-462: The city of Lucknow itself. On Saturday, a day just after release, collections rose to ₹ 68.0 million (US$ 810,000). The film had a growth rate of 40–45%, making its total first weekend collection ₹ 201 million (US$ 2.4 million). Within a week of its release, its gross surpassed ₹ 340 million (US$ 4.1 million) and Box Office India declared it a "Hit". After two weeks of release, the film had collected ₹ 520 million (US$ 6.2 million) at
8208-469: The enchanting music), Raanjhanaa is surely a winner at the end and must be watched for its unconventional handling and freshness". Anupama Chopra of Hindustan Times gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and said, "The dialogues by Himanshu Sharma are the highlight of the film. The lines are pithy, earthy and wonderfully funny. Snaking his camera through the streets of Benares, director Aanand L Rai creates an intimate and lived milieu. AR Rahman’s music, especially
8322-485: The film and praised actor Dhanush and stated, "And then the second half is when the pace dips, the sincerity of the storyline gets somewhat hazy and the film gets wee bit disappointing. An absolutely believable one-sided romance takes a slightly deceptive political drama twist and I am not sure if that is what you wanted it to be. It is unpredictable, yes, but not in a great, believable way." At Mumbai Mirror , Karan Anshuman pointed, "Raanjhanaa flows like good poetry. It
8436-496: The film in Mumbai , Delhi , Ahmedabad , Lucknow and Jaipur from mid-May to June 2013. The first look of the characters in the film was revealed as a poster with no credits and film name on the day of Holi 2013. The first theatrical trailer was released on 24 April 2013. The Hindi version of the film released worldwide on 21 June 2013 with the estimated number of release screens being 1,000. The film opened to an occupancy of 50–55%,
8550-555: The film received critical acclaim upon being shown in India and fetched several accolades, including three National Film Awards . Sringaram had a limited theatrical release in October 2007, but won positive reviews, with one critic noting that "the film has brilliant acting from the lead, Aditi Rao". Her first film to have a theatrical release, however, was the Malayalam film Prajapathi (2006), in which she starred alongside Mammootty . She had been recommended to director Ranjith for
8664-505: The film's release which stated that the film portrays an inapt image of a Muslim girl (played by Sonam Kapoor) falling in love with a Hindu man and having an affair with him. The first-day collection was estimated at ₹ 81.5 million (US$ 980,000). The film performed well at multiplexes outside the metros in places like Indore , Kanpur , Banaras , regions of CP Berar , Central India and states like Uttar Pradesh , Bihar and Rajasthan . On its opening day, it grossed more than 500,000 in
8778-551: The film, she made her singing debut by singing two of the songs from the soundtrack. Hydari won predominantly positive reviews for her role of Lalitha, with a reviewer from Sify.com stating Hydari "makes the transition from side actress to leading lady and is instantly impressive", adding she is a "good performer with a striking screen presence" and that "she's likely to go places". Likewise, reviewers from The Hindu and NDTV called her performance "beautiful and in control of her character" and "a delight to watch", respectively. During
8892-410: The film. Supposedly, they dropped out of the project to work on Prabhudeva 's next R... Rajkumar . In late January 2012, actor Dhanush , making his Bollywood debut, signed onto the film for the character of Kundan. The actor reportedly underwent training for fluency in Hindi language to obtain the role. Actress Sonam Kapoor was signed on for the role of the female lead after March 2012. In April 2012,
9006-698: The filming venue. Certain filming was also done in Gurgaon and Faridabad . The title track of the film was shot on 27 December 2012. The final schedule of filming began in Delhi on 7 January 2013. In March 2013, the film's crew shot several scenes at the Pataudi Palace in Haryana over two days. After the completion of writing work, Actress Sonam Kapoor required the dialogue in Devnagri, hence "Sanjay Bhardwaj" (Dev) appointed to do
9120-403: The gorgeous Tum Tak, layers the narrative further." Nabanita of One India gave the film 3.5 out of 5 and wrote, "Raanjhanaa works, and yes, the movie has maximum possibilities to strike the right chords amongst the audience, only and only because of Dhanush and his heart-touching performance." Rachit Gupta of Filmfare called the film a "great love story" and concluded, "Grab a ticket, clutch
9234-538: The hand of your loved one and go fall in love. This time with great cinema". Critics at Indicine gave a score of 65 out of 100 and summarised, "The intentions of Aanand L Rai seem genuine. He wants to show us the world where he grew up in, wants to romanticize the feeling of nostalgia and unrequited love." Tushar Joshi writes for DNA India , "Raanjhanaa works because of Dhanush's ability to make you believe in his love for Zoya. You might not agree with his approach, but deep down you cheer and root for him each time Zoya plants
9348-410: The highest compared to other Bollywood films that released on the same date. The film received positive response from the critics who praised the writing, direction, performances, cinematography and soundtrack although the second half received some criticism. Critic Komal Nahta responded positively and said, "On the whole, Raanjhanaa is an interesting, entertaining and a fairly different love story. It
9462-531: The last 125 years, there are no academic studies of any of them – of their use in South Africa, their evolution and current decline. Hindi is adopted as the third official court language in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . As a result of this status, the Indian workforce in UAE can file their complaints to the labour courts in the country in their own mother-tongue. Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains
9576-451: The leading female role of a Kashmiri girl, but he chose to cast newcomer Nargis Fakhri instead. Ali subsequently contacted her again after two months and signed her to play a supporting role of an impulsive television reporter, who follows the character played by Kapoor. Several of Hydari's scenes in the film were trimmed before its theatrical release, much like her appearance in Delhi-6 , and
9690-641: The oath now in Nepali. I might rather take it in English." Hindi is a protected language in South Africa . According to the Constitution of South Africa , the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages. According to a doctoral dissertation by Rajend Mesthrie in 1985, although Hindi and other Indian languages have existed in South Africa for
9804-569: The official language of the imperial court during the reign of Shah Jahan . It is recorded that Emperor Aurangzeb spoke in Hindvi . The Hindustani vernacular became an expression of Indian national unity during the Indian Independence movement , and continues to be spoken as the common language of the people of the northern Indian subcontinent, which is reflected in the Hindustani vocabulary of Bollywood films and songs. Standard Hindi
9918-535: The period, she also sung the Hindi version of the song "We Are Family" for the Hollywood animation film Ice Age 4: Continental Drift . In 2013, she became a part of Mahesh Bhatt 's Murder franchise, when she was cast as Roshni, opposite Randeep Hooda , in Vishesh Bhatt 's directorial film Murder 3 . Hydari stated she was keen to do a film which would show the "mysterious and sensual side" to her, away from
10032-483: The place of the English borrowings (ṭeli)fon and ṭīvī . Hindi also features significant Persian influence, standardised from spoken Hindustani . Early borrowings, beginning in the mid-12th century, were specific to Islam (e.g. Muhammad , Islām ) and so Persian was simply an intermediary for Arabic. Later, under the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire , Persian became the primary administrative language in
10146-522: The progressive use of Hindi language and impose restrictions on the use of the English language by the union government. In practice, the official language commissions are constantly endeavouring to promote Hindi but not imposing restrictions on English in official use by the union government. At the state level, Hindi is the official language of the following Indian states: Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan , Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand . Hindi
10260-548: The request of choreographer Saroj Khan . She was next seen in the comedy drama, Guddu Rangeela (2015) by Subhash Kapoor , which had an average performance at the box office. For her performance, a reviewer from Rediff wrote Hydari "is perfectly cast as a bright-eyed girl who knows more than she lets on, and the actress looks luminous". In 2016, Hydari starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar in Bejoy Nambiar 's crime thriller film Wazir . The film tells
10374-490: The role by actress Suhasini , and was selected after the director managed to get in contact with her through Madhu Ambat , who was the cinematographer of Sringaram . Hydari portrayed an orphan girl who falls in love with the character played by Mammootty, but her role was considered minimal, with a critic from Rediff stating she "has nothing to do with the overall plot". In 2009, she was cast by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in his Hindi drama film, Delhi-6 , where she portrayed
10488-468: The role of 17-year-old teenagers. In mid-September 2012, the schedule of filming was put on hold as actor Dhanush fell ill on the sets in Varanasi. While filming in October 2012, the actor injured his shoulder during the filming of an action sequence for his Tamil outing Maryan . The consequences led to the scheduled shooting of dance sequences to be postponed and were shot in Varanasi on 19 December 2012. On 4 November 2012, Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol shot
10602-430: The role of the younger Miss Havisham (Tabu replaced Rekha). The film was released on 12 February 2016 to mixed-to-positive reviews and underperformed at the box-office. However, Hydari garnered widespread praise for her performance. Sarita Tanwar of Daily News and Analysis in her review wrote: "Aditi Rao Hydari does full justice to the part of young Begum". Her third film of 2016, The Legend of Michael Mishra had
10716-408: The said job for her. The music and the background score for the film was composed by A. R. Rahman. The soundtrack's original version has lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil whereas the Tamil version by Vairamuthu . In an interview with Hindustan Times , Rahman stated that he had emphasised the folk-classical genre as the film brings out a fascination for Benaras through the music and hence, most of
10830-495: The same language, Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu. Hindi is the most commonly used scheduled language in India and is one of the two official languages of the union , the other being English. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and is one of 22 scheduled languages of India , also having official status in Uttar Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Delhi , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh and Bihar . Hindi
10944-402: The several "innocent" roles she had done prior to Murder 3 . She received positive reviews for her performance, Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote "Aditi and Sara are show-stoppers" and that "both deliver knockout performances". Hydari then starred alongside Akshay Kumar and Shiv Panditt in the action film Boss (2013) directed by Anthony D'Souza . Describing her role as one of
11058-533: The song "Tu Mun Shudi" at India Gate , Delhi , and their dialogue scenes were shot at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication campus in Delhi by early December 2012. Permission to shoot inside was denied to the director by the college authorities. So, the unit shot some scenes in Amity International School, Noida. To avoid footage leaks, over a hundred potential crew members were made present at
11172-454: The songs are character-driven. In all, the soundtrack album has nine original tracks. The original version of the soundtrack was released on the co-branded record labels Sony Music and Eros Music on 27 May 2013 and the Tamil version on 17 June 2013. On 10 May 2013, a grand event was held at a set resembling Varanasi at Film City in Goregaon , Mumbai . The lead actors made their entry riding
11286-520: The story more interesting towards the climax." In 2021, Hydari appeared in the suspense film The Girl On The Train , directed by Ribhu Dasgupta . The film starring Parineeti Chopra , Kirti Kulhari , Avinash Tiwary , and Sammy Jonas Heaney alongside her, is based on British author Paula Hawkins 2015 novel of the same name . Her next film the same year, was the Netflix film Ajeeb Daastaans , for which she received positive reviews. She next played
11400-476: The story of two unusual friends, a chess grandmaster who uses a wheelchair, played by Bachchan, and a grief-stricken ATS officer, played by Akhtar. Hydari played the love interest of Akhtar's character. The film released on 8 January 2016 to mostly positive reviews and had the box office collection of around ₹ 620 million (US$ 7.4 million). Hydari also garnered praise for her performance. Gayatri Gauri in her review for Firstpost called Hydari's performance
11514-663: The thriller Wazir (2016), as well as the period drama Padmaavat (2018), which was commercially successful and earned her an IIFA Award . Aditi starred in Mani Ratnam 's romantic drama Kaatru Veliyidai (2017), for which she won a SIIMA Award . She received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Sammohanam (2018). She has since starred in several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, such as Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018), Sufiyum Sujatayum (2020) and Maha Samudram (2021), as well as
11628-471: The transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi are: During the period of Delhi Sultanate in medieval India , which covered most of today's north India, eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and Bangladesh and which resulted in the contact of Hindu and Muslim cultures , the Sanskrit and Prakrit base of Old Hindi became enriched with loanwords from Persian , evolving into the present form of Hindustani. Hindi achieved prominence in India after it became
11742-406: The two have kept in touch over the years and remain close friends. Aditi met actor Siddharth on the set of their film Maha Samudram in 2021, and the two began dating later that year. On 28 March 2024, they announced their engagement, and on 16 September 2024, they were married. Her performance in the Tamil film, Kaatru Veliyidai , is regarded as one of the "100 Greatest Performances of
11856-465: The upcoming film Lioness alongside Paige Sandhu . In 2004, it was reported that Hydari was married to Satyadeep Mishra in 2002, an Indian actor and former lawyer. The actress had declined to comment on her marital status in a 2012 interview, but in a 2013 interview, she mentioned that she and Mishra were separated. Hydari had met Mishra when she was 17 years old, and it was with him that she had her first serious relationship. Although separated,
11970-562: The wife of a former convict, the film garnered publicity prior to release for the sensuous scenes between Hydari and Singh. Post-release, Hydari received acclaim for her performance by winning the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress and subsequently received much larger public attention. She later portrayed a supporting role alongside Ranbir Kapoor in Imtiaz Ali 's musical drama Rockstar (2011). Hydari initially had met Ali to discuss
12084-668: The world including first and second language speakers. Hindi is the fastest growing language of India , followed by Kashmiri , Meitei , Gujarati and Bengali according to the 2011 census of India . The term Hindī originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain . It was borrowed from Classical Persian هندی Hindī ( Iranian Persian pronunciation: Hendi ), meaning ' of or belonging to Hind (India) ' (hence, ' Indian ' ). Another name Hindavī ( हिन्दवी ) or Hinduī ( हिन्दुई ) (from Persian هندوی 'of or belonging to
12198-606: Was "definitely worthy of a watch". At NDTV , Saibal Chatterjee gave it 3.5/5 and opined in the review, "The film defies the expectations of the audience at several crucial junctures and holds out absolutely no apologies for springing abrupt surprises. A love story with a huge difference that benefits no end from a clutch of exceptional performances." Sukanya Verma of Rediff Movies gave 3 out of 5 stars and claimed, "Raanjhanaa isn't easy viewing. Kundan and Zoya aren't easily likeable. They have flaws. They make mistakes. Blunders, really but Rai shows them for what they are; he never paints
12312-581: Was a box office success. Anna M. M. Vetticad noted, "Deepika Padukone and Aditi Rao Hydari look great. They are the only ones among the lead cast who manage to eke something out of the stereotype-ridden writing." Hydari next starred in Sudhir Mishra 's political thriller film Daas Dev , which was an adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 's 1917 novel Devdas . She essayed the part of Chandramukhi opposite Rahul Bhat . The year also marked her second film with Mani Ratnam and third Tamil film, with Chekka Chivantha Vaanam . She played Parvathi, and
12426-413: Was announced via a teaser, which featured Dhanush returning in the lead role. Initially conceived as an original film, it was later re-designed as a sequel to Raanjhanaa , due to both films having similar themes. The film is set to release in 2024. Hindi Modern Standard Hindi ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी , Ādhunik Mānak Hindī ), commonly referred to as Hindi , is the standardised variety of
12540-555: Was envisioned that Hindi would become the sole working language of the Union Government by 1965 (per directives in Article 344 (2) and Article 351), with state governments being free to function in the language of their own choice. However, widespread resistance to the imposition of Hindi on non-native speakers, especially in South India (such as those in Tamil Nadu ) led to the passage of
12654-464: Was one of the four highest-ranking nobleman in the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad . His ancestral Jagir, Wanaparthy , was one of the four largest feudal estates under Hyderabad state ; the holders of these estates held the title of "Maharaja". Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director Kiran Rao , ex-wife of actor Aamir Khan , is Aditi's maternal first cousin. Aditi's parents separated when she
12768-465: Was paired alongside Arvind Swamy . The film had a worldwide release on 27 September 2018 and was a major commercial success. Hydari then made her debut in Telugu cinema with Sammohanam , playing an actress opposite Sudheer Babu . Srivathsan Nadadhur for The Hindu stated that her part will "stay with you". Her final film that year was the Telugu space thriller film Antariksham 9000 KMPH . Post
12882-491: Was released on 21 June 2013 worldwide, while the Tamil version was released a week later. The background score and songs were composed by A. R. Rahman , and the lyrics of the tracks were penned by Irshad Kamil . A standalone sequel, titled Tere Ishk Mein , is set to release in 2024. Kundan, the son of a Tamil priest family in Varanasi , falls in love with Zoya, a Muslim girl, and tries hard to woo her without success. Due to his antics, Zoya's parents suspect that she likes
12996-629: Was two years old, and she grew up between Hyderabad and Delhi with her mother. She studied at the Rishi Valley School , run by the Krishnamurti Foundation . Aditi later graduated from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi . Aditi grew up around a lot of classical arts and started learning Bharatanatyam at age five and became a student of acclaimed dancer Leela Samson . Aditi uses both of her parents' surnames and that’s what makes her name unique. Hydari began her career as
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