Vijay Krishna Acharya Quotes

The Indian film industry is very, very vibrant. It is a mix like it is in Hollywood - there is a lot of highly commercial cinema.

Indian cinema is entertaining, and what I love most about it is the songs and dances in the films.

I wouldn't want to do a Bollywood film per se, but I would like to do an Indian-language film. For some reason I think Bollywood has become synonymous with commercial cinema, which is song and dance and everything that is larger than life, and I am interested in the reality.

The stereotypes attached to Bollywood were that it's a big, bad world or that it's a dirty world.

There is nothing wrong with commercial cinema if it is made well. In fact, if you ask me, the Hindi film industry has also produced some truly outstanding works over the years.

It's an honour for me to work with Rohit Shetty. He is the biggest commercial director of the country, making the biggest franchise, 'Golmaal.'

There's a lot of scope for performing in masala movies.

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

Somewhere down the line, I want to do masala films too.

I don't do anything keeping Bollywood in mind.

I would say 'Siruthai' is a masala film with all the masalas in the right proportion.

I am honoured to have been chosen for an Amitabh Bachchan film.

I am very excited because 'ABCD' is India's first dance film. I am also thrilled because the film is in 3D. People will be able to see my dance in 3D.

I love masala films, and as an audience, I like my dose of commercial cinema.

I've grown up watching 'Mawaali,' 'Himmatwalla,' and my love for masala movies started from there, and ever since, there's no looking back.

I was a complete anomaly in this business. I didn't fit into the Hema Malini-Zeenat Aman commercial cinema mould, neither the Shabana Azmi-Smita Patil art cinema mould.

I really miss doing masala films.

'Piku' is not at all a film in the Bollywood kind of way.

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

I came from Hyderabad and didn't know the difference between commercial and parallel cinema.

I love 'filmi' things.

I was lucky to land up in Mumbai when serious cinema was just beginning to flower.

There is no such thing as serious cinema in India.

Thugs of Hindostan' is the quintessential Hindi movie that we love to watch with our friends and families.

I have been a Salman Khan fan since childhood and I have grown up watching his films.