Amitava Kumar Quotes

While Hollywood has had a huge influence on the Indian industry, Bollywood and its actors, too, are garnering a lot of attention in the western film world.

I think it's important that nobody forgets that although Hollywood commercially dominates the world cinema, in fact what comes out of the filmmaking here is only a tiny slice out of the massive amount of operation that goes on around the world.

The world is shrinking, and everyone is majorly interested in Indian films now.

It's awesome that we can make more and more movies that are crossing boundaries.

I think movie makers in every country are looking for ideas. It's interactive. And sometimes we remake a lot of Hollywood films but we don't buy the rights, we just try to imitate those films.

People have realized that films like Phantom have different remuneration structures.

It was the '70s when mediocrity came in Hindi films. That's when the actor called Rajesh Khanna joined the industry. For all his success, I think Mr. Khanna was a very limited actor. In fact, he was a poor actor.

Qurbani' happened at a time when all kinds of special films were happening to my career - 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram,' 'Shalimar,' 'Abdullah.'

The Hindi remake rights for 'Visaranai' have been bought by director Priyadarshan.

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

I have no plans to quit south films and come to Bollywood.

I don't believe in the 100 crore club.

When I was 20 years old, my uncle was an arthouse distributor, and he would take me to Cannes every year to work as a film scout.

When I was in Mumbai for the promotion of 'Makkhi,' I met Ajay Devgn, Kajol, and Shah Rukh Khan, and I wanted to meet Aamir Khan. He was shooting out of India. I also met my favourite director, Raju Hirani. All of them showered praises on 'Makkhi.'

I think Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Ranveer Singh are doing a fabulous job.

I'm doing 'Maula Jutt 2,' which is a Punjabi film. For me, it's a new experience because I have never spoken Punjabi, and I hope everyone is going to love it.

You don't necessarily need Bollywood for wider acclaim.

Nagpur was a very small town. There was no exposure to different kinds of films or world cinema. Only Manmohan Desai films.

I took up Tamil films because I'm a big fan of Mani Ratnam. I thought maybe he'll notice me if I act in a Tamil film.

Films will break barriers - and good films will travel all over India.

Having started with Bollywood and then moving to Telugu industry, I feel that it is not possible to survive without talent in any industry.

I love the fact that Bollywood is getting so much more globalised. Instead of us looking out there, people are looking to India and coming to us!

I always wanted to do a bit of Bollywood and a bit of Hollywood.

Telugu and Tamil industries keenly watch Malayalam movies and are appreciative of the content, be it 'Ustad Hotel,' 'Premam' or 'Bangalore Days.' They've also been listening to our music. That's how I was approached for Telugu films.

As a newcomer in the industry, it was my dream to work with Karan Johar.