Quotes About Culture

I grew up listening to Hindi music, ghazals and all.

'Being Cyrus' is very young in language or grammar. I am not saying that these things can't be achieved in Hindi. All I am saying is that it would not be the same.

I would love to work on a Hindi film if I get the right opportunity.

I've shot many films in Hindi and some in Bangla in Kolkata. It's always a pleasure to be part of the city.

I haven't even grown up on Hindi films because my Hindi is bad; I am a Parsi and we speak English or Gujarati at home.

I love Hindi films.

This will sound really funny, but I'm so used to shooting in Hindi that shooting in English took a while to get used to.

I definitely want to work in Hindi films.

Hindi is far easier a language to pick up than Tamil.

As a child, I did watch some Hindi movies at home with Dad, but I didn't know who anyone was. I wasn't interested, honestly.

I still have that South Indian accent. But I am working on it. Hindi audiences should feel that I am speaking like them and should relate to me.

I am definitely interested in doing films in Bollywood. And not only in Hindi - I am open to working anywhere in the country, even if it is Punjabi.

Hindi film industry makes film for the rest of the world. Tamil films are watched by Malay people. When a film is not bound by a language, why should an actor be?

I am hard put to think of a single positive thing that commercial Hindi cinema has achieved.

When people heard my voice, they were shocked that I could speak Hindi.

I can read and write in Hindi.

I have been exposed to different kinds of Marathi and Hindi music, classical music, and English songs since childhood.

I like all kinds of music, be it old Hindi movie songs or English classics.

I am a kid who grew up watching mainstream Hindi films like 'Sholay,' 'Satte Pe Satta' and 'Mr India.'

Speaking in Hindi has helped me a lot as I can tell my stories with the exact idiom in which they come to me. I think it also helps the audience when I am speaking in a language that is non-elite, so to say, as my stories are also from that perspective.

I am more comfortable with Tamil than Hindi.

I enjoy doing a Hindi film more than South flicks.

The way cinema has grown I think, doesn't matter if its Hindi or South. People watch all languages.

I am mastering my Hindi.