India, Jan. 10 -- Vishal Jethwa has been travelling the world since last year with his Oscar-shortlisted film Homebound. But one thing that he has maintained throughout the promotions, be it in India or abroad, is his connection with the Hindi language. On World Hindi Day, he reflects on it and says, "I feel proud of representing India and Hindi globally."

Elaborating on it, the actor says, "To speak your own language in a foreign country, it feels very good. Wherever possible, I try to speak in Hindi. In fact, when I met Martin Scorsese (Hollywood filmmaker, who is also the executive producer on Homebound), I also made him say Namaste. That is how we take our culture forward."

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