Naveen Andrews hates himself for not being able to speak Hindi!
Actor Naveen Andrews often feels that he has disappointed his Indian parents - by not being able to speak Hindi.
The actor’s parents moved to the UK in 1965, and Andrews admits that life for them was certainly not a bed of roses, given the constant racism and other hardships.
However, by the time the actor was born in 1969, things had improved considerably, as a result Andrews didn’t even learn his own native tongue.
“Life was very hard for them and yet they had this kid growing up in the 1970s speaking differently, acting differently, moving differently. It must’ve been very distressing to them,” Contactmusic quoted him, as saying.
The ‘Lost’ star admits that it was only as he grew older that he has come to appreciate all the hardships his parents had to go through.
“As I get older I appreciate what my parents had to go through… They had to endure a lot of what I would’ve found unendurable,” he added.
And, now that he’s a whole lot older, Andrews even goes so far as to admit that he feels like a ‘complete fraud’ for being an Indian who can’t even speak his native language.
“I’m a complete fraud. I go to India and I can’t even speak my own language. They laugh at me,” he revealed.
— ANI
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