Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Thursday,
July
05,
2007
Kunal
Kohli's
film
Fanaa
has
been
awarded
by
Navbharat
Times's
Udaan
Awards
for
promoting
Hindi
language.
Filmmaker
Kunal
Kohli
was
felicitated
by
Amitabh
Bachchan,
who
was
a
chief
guest
in
an
award
function
organized
by
Navbharat
Times.
Speaking
to
us
Kunal
says,
"This
award
was
meant
for
contribution
of
Hindi
Language.
It
feels
great
that
my
movie
Fanaa
got
an
award
but
at
the
same
time
it
is
bad
that
we
are
getting
awards
for
promoting
our
own
national
language."
"It
feels
bad
that
the
award
is
not
much
spoken
in
media.
To
be
pragmatic
Hindi
has
been
treated
as
vernacular
language
so
we
need
to
promote
Hindi,
since
our
new
generation
is
not
very
keen
to
acknowledge
it.
It
feels
bad
that
we
are
losing
our
own
language,
which
is
part
of
our
own
culture." He
laments.
Kunal
Kohli
has
finished
pre-production
work
and
is
planning
to
start
his
new
film
which
is
a
love
story.
He
has
signed
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Rani
Mukherjee
for
main
lead
while
Rishi
Kapoor
will
be
seen
in
a
guest
appearance.
His
film
goes
on
floors
in
September.