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Film director A.R. Murugadoss has broken his silence on the box-office misfire of 'Sikandar' starring Salman Khan and Rashmika Mandanna. Murugadoss candidly admitted he felt 'handicapped' on set due to lack of fluency in Hindi. He argued that making films in his native Tamil gives him creative strength and cultural connection, which he could not replicate in Hindi. Instead, scripts were translated—first into English, then into Hindi—causing disconnect with the youthful audience he was targeting. Though he previously delivered hits in Hindi, Murugadoss now underscores the emotional and linguistic hurdles that he believes undercut film's potential.
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