Quotes from Shweta Basu Prasad

Apart from films and television I have explored behind-the-camera work, and worked as a script consultant at Phantom films.

At every phase in our life, we make memories that we cherish all our lives.

I don't think I've the luxury of being weak. Being strong is my only option.

Love. How do we define this word? We love our family. We love food. We love the weather. We love our shoes. Love that music. Love someone's work. Love a movie. Love a celebrity. Love that time in life. Love love love!

Online content is the new game in the field of entertainment. Web series, short films, independent movies. This new medium has been a boon to both the makers and its viewers.

All of us use crutches of popularity amongst friends, society, social media for self-importance. People go to any extent to feed their ego, even if that means to show someone down, self-destruction or to kill someone.

While on shoots, if I am not shooting for a scene, I would do any work that I can pick, including taking the clap, cue, basically assisting my directors.

Folk tales are my favourite form of story telling. They not only just adjust the reader according to the world it is introducing the reader to, but also enchant the reader with its mysterious and magical characters.

Folk tales are the most authentic way of understanding a region, its legend and people.

Folk tales, which are usually written for children, become a bigger lesson for adults.

Love' is the perfect binge watch series for the weekend. The show is funny, real, in your face, all about love, yet completely unromantic!

It was fun playing a pregnant woman. I have seen my cousins and friends go through the beautiful journey of being a mother and I tried to copy them.

I've dedicated my life to cinema and acting.

Humans, being the only race to pay for living on this planet, have over the centuries become dependent on money. But what if money becomes a curse? Just like too little money can become a problem, so can too much money.

Doctors, engineers, CA's, IPS officers, MBA, are the most common careers Indian parents choose, whilst deciding for their children.

The director Vetri Raman proves, yet again, why Tamil film industry is a forward-thinking industry in the country today, producing gems year after year.

I make documentaries. I attend film festivals. I don't have time to sit at cafes taking selfies.

Sudhir Mishra is one the finest directors; he knows how to manipulate an actor's emotion, sensibilities and expressions.

With migration to Mars becoming a not so distant reality one can only hope that there will be more rainbows on Mars and not magma marking territories.

My parents have always wanted me to pursue a dignified career.

A strong willed woman is often feared. But more often she is pushed to the tether of her patience, forced to bend down.

I have grown up watching Satyajit Ray, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Basu Chatterjee, Ritwik Ghatak, Raj Kapoor; listening to SD Burman, RD, Kishore Kumar and Salil Chowdhury.

When I watched Michel Hazanavicius' 2011 French film 'The Artist', I was spellbound and wondered if such an attempt would ever be made in India. Dialogues and songs being such an important part of our movie making culture.

Platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. have been a great escape for a lot of people who don't watch television and want to ditch the heavy priced tickets and snacks at the movie theaters. And the number is only growing.