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Loved it and had some questions


I have watched some Bollywood style movies before and loved the visual style, the music, and some of the hidden messages but I did have some questions.

Is it typical to have English mixed into the dialogue or was that part of a hidden message as well?

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It's very common in Indian movies for some of the language to be English. It's part of the history and culture of India, after all.

It's like Spanglish. I found this wiki article about "Hinglish": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinglish

Here's an article that talks about Hinglish and Hinglish in Bollywood: http://www.firstpost.com/ideas/does-hinglish-democratize-english-33714.html

I don't know, when I went to India I spent over half the time in small villages, where almost no one spoke English, and I don't remember hearing a bit of Hinglish. So perhaps it's more common in big cities.


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