Mumbai/IBNS, July 10 -- Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra has sidestepped the ongoing Hindi-Marathi row in Maharashtra by calling herself "daughter" of the state.

The language row escalated after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers went aggressive and assaulted a shopkeeper for not speaking in Marathi.

In a video which went viral on social media, some of the workers- identified as belonging to Raj Thackeray's MNS- were seen thrashing the 48-year-old shopkeeper, named Babulal Khimji Chaudhary, who struggled to respond to the onslaughts.

Reportedly, the workers questioned the shopkeeper over not speaking in Marathi. The shopkeeper tried to explain that he didn't know Marathi was compulsory and also he lacked knowledge in the la...