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Say No to 'Regional'

Say No to \'Regional\'

Say No to 'Regional'

In a country that has a rich and diverse content landscape, the word “Regional” has an unmistakable ring of condescension, subliminally cueing a hierarchical relationship
Published on September 23, 2022   •   2 mins read
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Summary
  • With language boundaries being progressively broken down in the Indian theatrical and streaming space, the Indian entertainment industry needs to be more mindful of the nomenclature they use for content across different languages
  • In July 2022, Ormax Media stopped using the word "Regional" in any of our reports or communication, to give different languages an equal stature in our work
  • We have shifted to a more neutral, prejudice-free word, i.e., "Language"

In July this year, we decided to completely stop the usage of the word “Regional” in any of our work, ranging from reports, social media messaging, media communication, etc. The usage of “Regional", to describe all non-Hindi Indian content, has, for many years, created a false binary, resulting in an inaccurate description of the Indian entertainment industry. In a country that has a rich and diverse content landscape, the word “Regional” has an unmistakable ring of condescension, subliminally cueing a hierarchical relationship between content from various language markets. With the language barriers and boundaries being broken, especially in the theatrical and streaming categories, there cannot be a better time to relinquish the usage of a dated word, and move to more inclusive nomenclature.

We have shifted our usage to “Language” instead. The term is neutral, and free of prejudice. The response to our social media post below, from July 18, has been heartwarming, with several stakeholders from Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi and other industries wholeheartedly welcoming the move. We hope it motivates several others in the Indian Media & Entertainment industry to relook at the use of the term “Regional”.

 

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