Priyadarshan Quotes

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I don’t make movies for pseudo-intellectuals. I don’t want them to watch my films.

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Most of Hindi films I made are remakes of my own films.

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Working with Salman Khan was a great experience.

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With each film of mine, I was learning about the art of movie-making.

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In the history of Indian cinema I am the only South Indian director who has survived for 12 years and 25 films in Bollywood.

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Shah Rukh and I have been thinking of making something together, but nothing has materialized.

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What attracts me to Hindi films is the monetary benefits connected with it.

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I make films for money and fame. But I made ‘Kanjeevaram’ for recognition.

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When I went to Bollywood and used to give actors instructions, many of them would tell me that I am acting out exactly like Mohanlal. I learnt from one of the best actors in the country and I am proud of that.

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I have always been saying that we are making a mockery of ourselves by sending such idiotic films to the Oscars. This is very sad. We have great filmmakers but none of their films are sent to the Oscars, why?

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Whatever I have achieved is all thanks to my team. I always say that I don’t repeat actors as often as I repeat my technicians.

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I enjoy making films. I have made all kinds of films, including action films, romantic films, period films like ‘Kala Pani.’

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I am not involved with ‘Hera Pheri 3.’ I have told the makers that I am not interested.

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As for ‘Garam Masala,’ everybody knows what kind of film it is. It’s the type where you keep your brains at home.

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I am proud of the fact that I am the first South Indian director who has been accepted by Bollywood wholeheartedly.

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When I saw the original versions of ‘Virasat’ and ‘Gardish,’ I felt the content was so good but that they had shot the films very badly. I knew that if I could get such content, I could shoot it much better. That was what I did.

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I’ve been a big dreamer from my childhood.

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I feel bored if I sit for 10 days at home. I take only 30 days off for my family in a year.

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I feel something unusual is always attractive for people. But at the same time, it should be entertaining.

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I don’t believe in Rs. 100 crore club, I only believe that the producer should make money.

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I have made films on humor of poverty because I have lived in a lower middle class family.

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I don’t think majority of the audience associate Mohanlal with a creative, genius artiste; it’s just that they see themselves in him.

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All directors from the South go back home as failures… I didn’t want that to happen to me. So, I became a factory, determined to produce successful goods.

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I don’t force humor into a film, it comes naturally to me.

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When I did a film with Salman Khan, he used to get up at 5 in the morning for shoots. If I can handle Salman then I think nobody in the industry is a problem.

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Ideally, I like to make my films within 30-40 days, because if it takes longer than that, everyone involved loses interest.

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Personally, I don’t claim to be a great director. My films are made for children, not intellectuals.

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I was a great fan of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy; they always inspired me.

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When I look at all my old films, I feel as if they’re badly done, because I have improved.

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I am very stressed while working; I never see what is happening around me.

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No big Hindi film star wants to work with me. They are busy with their own dreams.

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In Kerala, we prefer slower films unlike the Hindi audiences. Here they want fast films with action in every frame. Also, we don’t have too many songs.

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I was so sure ‘Doli Saja Ke Rakhna’ would do well, but when it didn’t I lapsed into depression.

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How many remakes are really successful? From 100, 98 are failures. That’s because those films are remade without taking into consideration the sensibilities of the audience. I don’t do that.

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Because of the excellent training in Malayalam cinema, where we have very tight budgets, you are forced to make it work in a small budget and at the same time you have to tell the story effectively.

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Mohanlal can play anything, and it’s not ‘playing‘ – it’s becoming the character.

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Basically, it was important to break the belief that commercial filmmakers can’t make realistic movies. I broke it.

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I love cricket. Thankfully, I didn’t make a career out of it. Otherwise today I’d have been working in a bank.

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In front of the camera, I find it difficult. As far as the actors are concerned, it is easy for them to do it but not for me.

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Bollywood movies ignore screenplay, if you notice whichever movie is a hit has an interesting screenplay.

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I have always been a workaholic.

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It is jealousy that leads people to tarnish you.

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In spite of not taking big stars, I have survived in the industry.

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I am comfortable in Tamil.

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I was a mad obsessive cricket player as a student. Then during one local match I nearly lost my eye.

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Romance on the screen happens even with people who do not have off-screen chemistry. To bring that out from them is my job.

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I think I am a good actor myself. If I wasn’t a director, I would have been an actor.

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If you want to sell a film, you have to make it in an exaggerated way. Otherwise, you have to make it for your own satisfaction.

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I always say I have so many known devils and I prefer them over unknown angels.

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The trend the world over is comedy. People have enough tragedies in their lives.

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It is the success of ‘Hera Pheri’ that made me do more comedy films like ‘Hungama,’ ‘Malamaal Weekly‘ and ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa.’

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I have a fascination for cartoons. No matter how many times ‘Tom and Jerry‘ fall, you never complain, and watch it again.

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With ‘Kanchivaram,’ I have tried to study why the dream of an equalitarian society was defeated by an individual‘s aspirations.

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In Hindi film industry, the maximum one can do is try and make a film like ‘Badhaai Ho’ or ‘Andhadhun,’ but if I want to make something of the level of ‘Kanchivaram’ it is impossible. If I will make that kind a film, it will have no traction.

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In ‘Snehithiye,’ I adopted a Hitchcockian approach on the premise that a woman‘s only friend after marriage is her husband.

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I want to appeal to family audiences, I would never want to alienate women and kids.

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One cannot survive in Bollywood without focusing on entertainment.

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Every director will dream of doing films in Hollywood. I want to show my talents there, too.

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Without critical acclaim, you are just a successful commercial director, and nothing more.

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I emphasize the technical aspects in all my films, not just Hindi.