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Actress Renuka Shahane has a solid personality and has always been vocal about her opinions. She recently talked about the ongoing Hindi-Marathi debate in Maharashtra and criticised the use of violence to convince either side of the issue. For the unversed, the Hindi-Marathi debate started back in April 2025 after the state government announced, but quickly took back the decision to make Hindi a compulsory third language in schools.

Renuka Shahane recently appeared in Pooja Chaudhari’s podcast ‘InControversial’ and voiced her opinions on the heated topic. “If you’ve been living in a place for a long time, it’s a good thing to understand the local language, culture and be more respectful than anything else. It’s not about the speaking of it, much more than the intention of wanting to, you know, respect it. I do not like people who do not feel the necessity to be accommodating of the local language and local culture," she explained.

 
 
 
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The actress clearly mentioned that she is against the concept of using violence as a way to solve any issue and said, “I do not like violence at all, you know; I do not like the fact that people can be rude about it. Going into a place where Marathi is not spoken and just slapping two or three people, it’s not going to help the language in any way. We have to find ways to get across the language to people in a way that people would find convenient and accept it happily. Language is not something that should be forced. That is why I was against the forced addition of Hindi from a very early stage in Maharashtra. I think it should be something of a choice, which I also had growing up."

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Renuka Shahane’s husband Ashutosh Rana also gave a short and crisp response during an interview with ANI and said, “Bhasha samwaad ka vishay hoti hai, vivaad ka nahi. Bharat samwaad mein vishwas rakhta hai, vivaad mein nahi (Language is a topic of discussion and not controversy. India believes in talks and not controversy)."