Ajay Mehta
Ajay Mehta

I used to do a lot of plays in English, Hindi, and Urdu. I wanted to be an actor since I was three and a half.

Amisha Patel
Amisha Patel

I feel French is very close to Urdu. Both languages are beautiful. Sadly, their beauty is lost in translation.

Esha Gupta
Esha Gupta

I speak Hindi fluently because my mother speaks only in Hindi and Urdu.

F. Sionil Jose
F. Sionil Jose

I can't understand Urdu, Bahasa or Russian, but when the Pakistani Faiz, the Indonesian Rendra and the Russian Rosdentvensky declaim, I can feel the living throb of rhythm and music, the warmth and passion of their poetry, as do the hundreds, not a mere roomful, of poetry lovers in the audience.

Fawad Khan
Fawad Khan

I was 17 when I first acted on stage. I was a part of an Urdu adaptation of 'Spartacus' in the titular role.

Ismail Merchant
Ismail Merchant

Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus.

Ismail Merchant
Ismail Merchant

A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish.

Juan Cole
Juan Cole

I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian.

Lalu Prasad Yadav
Lalu Prasad Yadav

We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.

Maajid Nawaz
Maajid Nawaz

My identity comprises of more than just my faith. I am a proud Muslim, but I am also a liberal, a Briton, a Pakistani, a Londoner, a father, a product of the globalised world who speaks English, Arabic and Urdu.