Quotes from Priyanshu Chatterjee

The Mumbai film industry has definitely a bigger reach. But considering the rich content of work in many Bengali films, even by new directors, there has to be a better financially backed distribution model for films here.

It is a nice feeling when the audience reaches out to me by my character names from the films that I have done.

Everybody I meet is a star. In Bombay it is crazy and even TV has become so big that there are just too many stars and there is too much greed for that little space on the newspaper.

If you want to keep a relationship, you must nurture them with love.

I had a couple of releases including Dil Ka Rishta,' Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai,' Madhoshi,' and Julie,' but they were badly released and went unnoticed.

There were offers to do 'Tum Bin 2' and 'Tum Bin 3' but then it would have been the same kind of franchise films which I think limit an actor.

I get small screen offers all the time, specially for hosting shows.

All my summer and Puja vacations were spent in Calcutta with my didima and a host of other relatives and friends.

There weren't many options that came my way after Tum Bin.' Yet, people started expecting too much from me after that film.

I prefer more of outdoor exercises than gyming.

There are lots of variables that come into play in the industry, like attending parties and dating actors. When you don't indulge in all this, you tend to get affected in some way.

I used to live in Rajouri Garden. I was a shy child, dutiful to parents, serious in studies but happier on the sports ground.

I know exactly what Ganjing is. Quite a few years ago, I had come to meet my friend who was studying in IIM and the two of us had roamed around on a rickshaw looking at all the Hazratganj special stuff.

Small films, made on shoe-string budget work in big centres, and for that a substantial amount of budget should be set aside for marketing.

I work according to the kind of character they want me to play.

If we want good stories, writers should be given their due.