Quotes from Mahesh Manjrekar

I have seen 'Sanju,' and it is a well-made commercial film. However, it was left unexplored. I would have directed it with a different approach.

Flats are being sold for 1 lakh per square feet even though the poor can't even afford one meal in the day. It's an inhuman and insulting display of wealth, and I wanted my movie's title, 'City of Gold,' as well as the title song to reflect that.

At the end of the day, everything boils down to money and if the film doesn't do well, then there's no point.

As for the method of making films, I would say that there are no rules as such. The only thing important is that you should have the confidence to do it and have a good story.

'Slumdog Millionaire' was as good or as bad any Bollywood film. If I had to rate it, I would give it just 5.5 points out of 10. Unlike others, I am not gung-ho about the film winning so many Oscars. Yes, I am happy that I was a part of the project, but I am yet to figure out why it got so many Oscars.

I never come on the sets unprepared. I don't come here and then decide what I have to shoot. I prepare myself well in advance.

I thought that I should do Marathi cinema as I knew that there I would be able to explore different subjects. But I also need the money and acting is my bread and butter. So I started doing Bollywood films merely for money.

I do films that affect me, my family, my friends. I need to be affected by what I am showing.

I have my own set of friends with whom I discuss better story ideas, views and scripts. So I channelize my time in a productive way.

I am not a bad actor but a smart actor and I have exhausted my smartness now.