Quotes from Vivek Agnihotri

After making two big movies 'Chocolate' and 'Goal' with big stars and being completely involved with making ad films as such, the time had come to reinvent myself not only as a director but also as a human.

Buddha' is my third film but I chose to release 'Hate Story' first because I wanted commercial success.

All I want to achieve is to present the unreported history of Kashmiri Hindus.

With sport dramas and war movies, it is always about accomplishment, where people are fighting for their country or community's honour.

I have always had a problem releasing my films.

I don't want to repeat myself as a director.

I will perform my duties as a cultural ambassador representing the film industry with the best of ability.

Real heroes and true leaders have emerged only when they were wounded and were left alone to die.

I am not a part of Bollywood. Nobody cares about me in Bollywood and I have mentally resigned from Bollywood long ago. I am an independent filmmaker.

Be it at JNU or any institute, students want India to shine. They want the country to get rid of mediocrity and hypocrisy.

Our films have to entertain without the viewer being guided to a humdrum set of do's and don't's. At the same time, as a filmmaker, my films should evoke some feelings, some thoughts in their minds. That's the purpose of cinema. It has to be a learning experience without advocating rights or wrongs in a subtle manner.

Failing is not a sin.

In this industry, people want a 'yes sir' attitude. But ad men usually have a chip on their shoulders. We have more money and are more successful. We call everyone by the first name. My assistants call me Vivek but I don't care.

Football is very cinema friendly and the intense competition that the game involves only charges up the atmosphere. This cannot be achieved with cricket.

Making a film is not about one person. It involves a whole lot of permutations and combinations. Everything has to fall in the right place.

Nobody has a problem if you promote your child, even they are incompetent or have no merit. It's fine, it's your child, your money. But the problem comes when you destroy my career to protect your child's or your friend's career.

When a country's government is involved in something, no filmmaker tries to make a film on it.

I am very passionate about mentoring, training and channelising the youth energy of India because I believe the youth of India is extremely creative and if we can channelise their energies in the right direction, we can make India a global leader in the creative and innovative areas.

There is so much corruption in India that some filmmakers were using political or administrative sources to get access.

The CCP has become the political incarnation of the deadly coronavirus, infecting the world with illegal trade practices, arm twisting smaller nations, debt - a.k.a death - traps and sinister imperialist ambition.

China's hyper-growth is causing the world's most populous nation to spin out of the control of its leaders.

We used to have a genre called Muslim social drama which nobody in the world has. Writers from North India and Bengal came and wrote great stories. Then that stopped.

China understands that without energy there is no growth and without growth there is no power.

No. You can't do that. We won't let you go to Bollywood... ' This is the standard reaction of small town, middle class parents whenever their child expresses his or her desire to join the film industry.