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I've love the challenge of doing something new. Bollywood is magical.
Every time somebody makes an Indian movie ... Cher on a horse with a headdress and a miniskirt ... the fashion industry cashes in.
My background is from India, and I always get asked, 'When are you going to do an Indian film, a musical or Bollywood film?'
I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.
Pirates of Bollywood, or Bollywood of Pirates? - Tough to say.
The last Bollywood movie I watched was 3 Idiots that featured Aamir Khan in it. It was impressive!
People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.
I think there is an immense charm and humanity about the Bollywood structure, probably in the way there was about Hollywood film in the '30s and '40s. Somehow they were less distracted about hardware, and more about production values and people, you know?
I love Bollywood as a viewer, but going in front of the camera and singing and dancing is not my thing.
You never know when I might decide to work in a Bollywood film and do one of those dance numbers with the whole crew in the backdrop.
It wasn't easy for me to start in Bollywood because I was an outsider.
Since there are Indian movies, of necessity there is an Indian film theory that informs Indian scholars. However, that theory remains to be formulated.
Indian actors know how to shout with the eyes.
It was Vikram Bhatt and 'Raaz' that got me interested in the medium of cinema. Before that, I was like any other youngster dabbling with various things - modelling, films - without a definite direction or focus. Now that I'm working with all of them, life has come full circle for me.
Difficult to choose Ranbir Kapoor's best movie. He's truly a Rockstar, Salesman of the year and the one who steals the Tamasha. Deserves a Barfi!
I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.
Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India.
I am a huge Bollywood fan, and my favourite actor of all time is Shah Rukh Khan.
There is a lot of Indian connect in 'Million Dollar Arm'. It is about two Indian boys, and we even shot quite a bit of the movie in India.
I am first and foremost an actress of Indian origin.
Many Hindi films that are Tamil remakes rake in huge moolah in Bollywood.
In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero's role. More often than not, we cater to the public perception. However, there is a latent desire in most actors to do a role where you can go all out and experiment.
I think taking the biggest star in India and the biggest star in America, and putting them together in a movie that starts in America and ends up in India, or starts in India and goes to America. I think it would be a buddy cop formula.
India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts.
I don't know too much about Bollywood at all, but I've done quite a bit of dancing ... and not much singing.
In India even the most mundane inquiries have a habit of ending this way. There may be two answers, there may be five, a dozen or a hundred; the only thing that is certain is that all will be different.
I spent 15 years of my career trying to convince people that Indian cinema is relevant. I am so proud of Indian cinema and I am so proud of my Indian roots. The IIFAs are doing a great job to this effect.
As for 'Dear Friend Hitler,' if it ever gets off the ground it will likely go down in history as little more than a symbol of Bollywood's limitless capacity for poor taste.
Since 'Heroes' started, I've probably had about 15 or 16 film scripts sent to me with Indian characters, and out of those, maybe one was good.
The thing about Bollywood is that you can't just quit it even if you have little fame. You have to stick around and keep trying.
I made four comedies, and all did well, but I always wanted to do an action film. When I saw 'Singham,' I thought this was the right film. Many stopped me, saying, 'You are doing so well in comedy, why do you want to make this film?'
One of the things that I really love about doing a film is working with actors and the whole casting process. I feel I'm not looking for actors. I feel I'm looking for characters. If the characters come from Bollywood, fine. If they come from Indian theater, perfect.
Anything can happen in love, war and South Inidan movies.
Ask an eight-year-old kid or see his face when he sees a car being blown up. They come to me, ask me what I am doing next. They loved 'Singham' because there were so many cars, and that's why there was no blood, because I knew they will come to watch my film.
Luckily, there is a wind of change happening in Hindi cinema. Good work is coming to people who are not conventionally good looking like Ranbir Kapoor or Akshay Kumar.
I was keen to direct an action film, and when Reliance approached me for the remake of 'Singham,' I saw an opportunity to return to my first love.
We don't have a culture of realistic acting in India.
'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.
Indians, schmindians!
My break in Bollywood is definitely the high point of my life.
Indian cinema is entertaining, and what I love most about it is the songs and dances in the films.
I am in competition only with my father and my uncle (Mukesh Bhatt) because they taught me what I know today. I only believe in making movies with integrity,
A Passage to India. It is my favourite movie.
I think India is very passionate about films. It's almost a second religion back home. Due to that, I think film stars are - are really held in great esteem. Not that we're complaining, but I think with that comes a lot of responsibility.
My detractors are only accusing me of blowing up cars. What they have not realised is that my films have the potential to cross language barriers. New avenues have opened for Hindi films, and I'm proud and happy about it.
The Indian film industry is very, very vibrant. It is a mix like it is in Hollywood - there is a lot of highly commercial cinema.
I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.
There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.
In the states we all have this idea, everyone who wants to be the next best singer, next best dancer. Those same wants and desires are in India, too.
I'd never do a film that would hurt anyone's sentiments, be it Indian or not.
'Saawariya' was my debut film. It will always be the most special film.
All my films have been criticised, but here I stand with six superhits and three 100-crore films!
That is the problem with comedy in India. Spoofing sells. Come up with original comedy about the hilarious nation we are, with funny accents and odd rituals, and we get into trouble.
When I see films like 'Lagaan' and 'Rang De Basanti,' I feel, 'Why can't I do work like this?' Then you think and realise you need to learn more to make this kind of a film or write this kind of a film. Also, somewhere down the line, you need to be brave.
Bollywood actors are so set in what they want, and the way they want it. And why shouldn't they be? But it is not the same in Hollywood, because the love of the audience is not the same.
Indian cinema is no more limited to audiences in India. We have viewers all around the world, and hence, understanding the global perspective is a must. Cinema Beyond Boundaries would get the viewers and the filmmakers together and would help us in serving them with good quality cinema.
The thing people don't get about Indian films is that the songs are the story.
India is a great talent pool of actors. I see Freida Pinto making it big in Hollywood, and I am sure many others can also make it.
India is a place where all stories are possible. You forget that the imagination can take hold of anything and contemplate it and love it and describe it.
We had a great time making 'Chennai Express.' It was a learning experience working with Shah Rukh ... it was a positive experience.
It is very good to bridge the gaps between Indian and international cinema.
Above all, Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' is the work of an artist at the peak of his powers. India is his palette, and Mumbai - that teeming 'maximum city', with 19 million strivers on the make, jostling, scheming, struggling and killing for success - is his brush.
It is clear that through the partnerships between Global Cool and the International Indian Film Academy, Indian cinema has the potential to provide great leadership by exciting its enormous and enthusiastic audience to do their bit to save the planet
I'm an international actor, but at the same time, I'm also a Bollywood actor, even though most of my career has been abroad. However, I've always kept in touch with Hindi cinema.
My first film 'Saawariya' was a flop; I don't regret it.
There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.
I am a product of Indian cinema; I've grown up watching Indian films ever since I can remember. And song and dance is part of our lives; it's part of our culture; we wake up to songs, we sleep to lullabies, you know, we celebrate every religious and traditional function with music.
I don't know about the whole song-and-dance thing. But if India will have me, the independent cinema scene there is something I'm really interested in.
There is no such thing as a Bollywood hero or Hollywood hero. All you see on the screen is the lead actor's interpretation of the role that has been conceived by the writer.
When Shah Rukh stated, "Bhootnath ... will be among the top three hits of the year!", I told him, "Aapke moonh mein dudh, ghee, shakkar sab!
I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, and I would love to act in them.
Bollywood directors are like cricketers where in one match you score a century, and in the next match, you are out for a duck! Moreover, very few directors are consistent in Bollywood.
Hollywood hasn't changed. It is the most racist, anti-Indian institution in the world.
There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema, are exploring some really bold themes.
If the Indian people want stories written about themselves, how they want them told, they are going to have to make them, they're going to have to finance them. If you let Hollywood do it, Hollywood is going to get it wrong most of the time.
I enjoy the TV series 'Dexter,' where there's a reason for every kill. Quentin Tarantino is a favourite, and a 'Kill Bill' action-packed movie would be up my street. I'd love to be India's first scream queen!
it's a fitting salute to a heroine who rose over bad costumes and unflattering cinematography (remember those days of relentless soft-focus?) to become the sole reason many of us watched Hindi films at one time. And all these years on, Madhuri Dixit still makes it look as easy as ek, do, teen.
Hollywood isn't ready for an Indian leading man.
Indian films have this obsession with hygienic clean spaces, even though the country's not so clean. They're either shot in the studios or shot in London, in America, in Switzerland - clean places. Everywhere except India.
Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.
It is strange the way the Western world reacts so positively and strongly to films make by foreigners or by Indian NRIs to celluloid representations of the underbelly of any Indian city.
I am happy making the films I make and I would like the West to be impressed with what we do from India.
As far as action is concerned, our films have been coming up with some great sequences. In fact, I think Hollywood is copying Bollywood by getting their heroes to bash up 15 guys at a time.
'Singham' was one-and-a-half stars all over, and it was one of the biggest hits of my career. It gave me so much respect. People think if it's not critically acclaimed, you won't get respect. But that's not true. Even if you get one star, your film will do well if the audience wants to see it.
Even in Indian cinema, there is so much work that I have accepted because I'm comfortable and so much I have declined because I haven't been comfortable.
Indian films are always very passionate and romantic, and so long as the scene is done well aesthetically, I have no qualms doing it.
'Ek Main Aur Ek Tu' was a very special film for me. Imran and we complement each other very well. He is sugar, and I am spice.
During the course of a day, some dark feeling comes, maybe some sadness comes, some thrill, some great happiness, some strange humor. Cinema can embrace all that in one story, just as the story of life.
Manmohan Desai's cinema wasn't about logic. It was about exuberance, vitality and above all, entertainment.
India means everything to me. It is my homeland. India is my country. It is here that I have gotten love and affection as a film star from millions and millions of my fans over the last five decades.
I find the songs and dances in Hindi films fascinating, and I know I will do justice to them, as I am a trained dancer.
Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never been an actor.
When you have the first show set in India on American television, there's gonna be a Nervous Nellie kind of vibe.
Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.
Unless I work with Shah Rukh my career cannot be complete. I can't hang my boots till that happens.
I don't think you can force a moral opinion or you can force something through a Bollywood film.
My ambition is to unfold the sources of India in the profound plane of human nature.
In Bollywood, people struggle because there is a new person joining every week, who joins an assembly line of people who are very replaceable. But if you are unique, you don't have to struggle that much.
I'm a big fan of Aamir Khan ... Among actresses, I like Aishwarya Rai.