Quotes About Cinema

I definitely promise to always make films about issues that matter to me.

There's no certain type of cinema, but there's a certain type of promise every film comes with. The agenda is to keep an eye on quality and live up to that promise.

For an Indian audience a double role promises twice the entertainment with somebody they enjoy watching on screen.

According to me, a film can talk for itself. Like, Aamir Khan does not promote his films on a large scale, but his films work on the box office.

A big blockbuster like 'Kick' expands the audience for my films and makes it easier to promote them.

I've always been a fan of my father's films. I'm crazy about my father and his movies. If I promote his movies, it's because of this.

I try to promote Indian locations in my films.

Promotion is absolutely essential in the movie business.

Promotions create awareness, but if there is no merit to the film, what will promotions do anyway?

I have never understood why promotion is such a big thing in Hindi films.

Sometimes, more money is spent on promotion of a film than the making of it. I don't understand that logic. The movie should run on its merit.

A.K. Hangal's work is a big contribution to serious theatre. To stick to it despite the attractions of commercial cinema is proof of his dedication.

This is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences.

The Tashkent Files' is not a propaganda film.

Sacramento is where I grew up, so I felt like it had not been given its proper due in cinema.

I understand that everything is dictated by market value. But cinema is also an art. It saddens me to see great talent languishing for lack of proper roles.

Vada Chennai' is a proper mainstream film, told in a sensible way.

The choice of films I make is directly proportional to the kind of cinema I have grew up watching.

The influence of cinema on all contemporary writers is undeniable. Because film is such a powerful and popular art form, we prose writers think cinematically.

We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA.

Oftentimes in films, the female character, if she's not the protagonist - and often, even if she is - feels like an imitation of what a woman is.

I often meet directors who want to cast me as the protagonist, but if the rest of the characters are not strong enough, the film is bound to fall flat on a creative level.

I'm very proud of 'Valhalla Rising.'

I'm a proud Gujarati and it makes me very happy that Gujarati movies are coming up with great content.