Khan Saheb Kamal Haasan's Jamaat/Jeba Koottam/Devasthaanam - Part 8

[venkkiram]

Now one very disconcerting thing in the film is this boy grows up in the heart of Bombay but does not know Hindi. Was this done for the convenience of the audience?

Mani: There are two aspects to this. There’s a resistance. I was in Bombay for two years but the amount of Hindi I picked up is nothing. We’re not saying he doesn’t understand. We’re just saying he doesn’t care to speak. In my opinion the emotional content is more important than the logic. This is a very conscious decision we took. The flow was more important.

**** Thanks for clarifying! I also had this question