Quotes About Cinema

As much as my primary vocation is that of an actor, if anything, I feel like I am more excited about filmmaking in general, so it's not always a specific role that I'm attracted to, but rather an entire piece that I want to be a part of.

Confusion seems to have become the vogue of European directors.

'Celluloid' is set in the 1930s. During the decade, the folk-classical genre seems to have been in vogue. It didn't take much effort to compose because my guru Neyyattinkara Mohanachandran and his guru, M. M. Dandapani Desikar, used to sing this genre.

In Indian cinema there are no professional voice trainers.

I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.

I love reading novels, and I love going to movies, but I kind of hate going to an adaptation of a novel, and it starts off with a voiceover.

Cinema is a reflection of society and, in most cases, has the ability to be a mirror and not just show the problems but also give solutions and help them reach a large number of people through faces and voices that matter.

It is time that the female gaze made its presence felt both in cinema and in a world that's been driven by intolerance, greed, hate and lust. We need to make gentler, more inclusive films where multiple voices may be heard.

Cinema is a thankless industry where sometimes to appear on the cinematic scenery is a thing for late bloomers and people who are very patient. The places are accounted, and the space is often unwelcoming. Money is rare, and independent voices are muted by the almost complete absence of risk takers.

Going forward, I would love to work with directors like Rian Johnson and Joss Whedon; people like that who are doing big films but do have really independent voices. That's kind of what I want to focus on, is always working with people with at least an independent point of view, even if it's not an independent film.

The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.

Ben Wheatley continues to be one of the most original voices in contemporary film.

With a huge storm, you need a lot of volume, but it can't become one loud noise. Dolby Atmos helped a lot because it gave us the separation of those elements.

I studied classics, and I find it mystifying that we had Medea and Electra and Antigone and all these amazing characters, and they don't really exist in cinema now. The only person who's really doing it, and he gets loads of criticism for it, is Lars Von Trier.

Lars Von Trier is a genius. Every film he makes is so honest and powerful.

I'm a member of BAFTA, so I vote in all the films that come up for the Academy Awards.

With Marathi cinema, content is king. It has always been driven by content. I am lucky that I don't have to leave home to seek a job elsewhere. The industry is here at home.

I am interested in biographical stories. Seldom are good biopics like 'Maha Nati' being made.

I want to do good films, with good content. I am not selecting projects based on language.

It is very easy to make an art film. They are an exercise in self-deception.

A film sells feelings.

Which actress wouldn't want to work with Vishal Bharadwaj? I have worked with him before and I really like his sensibility.

I don't want to act in a preachy movie just because that is more sensible. I don't watch that kind of cinema.

I want to do sensible films.