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Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee has issued a heartfelt apology after dealing with backlash over a current remark he made about talking in Bengali at a national-level media occasion. The veteran actor took to Instagram to share an in depth assertion in Bengali, the place he clarified the context behind his comment and addressed the harm brought on by it.

Prosenjit defined that the incident occurred throughout a media interplay on the trailer launch of his upcoming movie Maalik at a theatre in Juhu, Mumbai. In the course of the occasion, the place a lot of the solid and crew have been speaking in English, a journalist from Bengal requested him a query in Bengali.

Prosenjit mentioned that though he has identified the journalist for a very long time, he hesitated to reply in Bengali as he felt the remainder of the viewers wouldn’t perceive. “That’s the reason I requested what was the purpose in asking the query in Bengali,” he wrote.

Nevertheless, this explicit remark didn’t sit nicely with many Bengali-speaking followers and social media customers, who interpreted it as a slight towards his mom tongue. Addressing this, Prosenjit mentioned in his assertion, “Now that the particular sentence of mine has been shared, there have been many who’re harm by it. I’m additionally harm, I’m nonetheless hurting. As a result of I didn’t anticipate the response to my assertion.”

He went on to say that maybe his use of English phrases created confusion, however he may by no means think about insulting Bengali. “Bengali is the language of my life and love. Bengali is the language of my soul. The judgment of Bengali folks has at all times been paramount to me and it at all times will likely be, until my final breath,” he added.

Concluding his word, he provided a honest apology: “I perceive that my phrases have harm a lot of you, and for that, I’m sorry. I’ve shared with you the context and my ideas.”

Prosenjit will likely be seen in a key position in Maalik, which stars Rajkummar Rao and Manushi Chhillar and is slated for launch on July 11.