India, Jan. 30 -- Actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Friday delivered a strong message against language imposition, saying that love for one's language should never turn into hatred for another, and that no language should be forced on people.

Speaking at NDTV's Tamil Nadu Summit, the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief said language is a matter of personal choice and cultural pride, not coercion.

"Love for anything - father, mother, woman, girlfriend, wife - is a two-way action. Language is my cultural pride and that's where it stays. To love my language, I don't have to hate another," Haasan said when asked whether linguistic pride should become a political ideology.

Underlining that language is ultimately a tool of communication, Haasan s...