Shankar Mahadevan Quotes

I'm fascinated by Bollywood.

The West sometimes doesn't understand Bollywood, but they can definitely understand how Bollywood influences people.

I would be stupid to say no to Bollywood. It is the biggest film industry in our country.

Mumbai was magical, which I was really surprised by, and I got an insight into the world of Bollywood while hanging out with some Bollywood film stars while there.

I don't think I will ever understand Bollywood. And I'm happy about that because it is a big, crazy, world. It's too complicated and chaotic to understand.

Bollywood is a whole new ballgame.

Most of the available Indian films in Australia are Bollywood. I did not watch them. In my early days, I watched Satyajit Ray's 'Apu Trilogy,' which was a beautiful take on social realism.

Since the Indian film industry is one of the oldest, and I have grown up admiring all the movies, especially the classics starring Guru Dutt, I would love to work here.

Being from a middle-class Indian family, I learned Carnatic music.

The idea of being associated with Bollywood prompted me to get into DVD distribution.

I grew up listening to Hindi and Marathi songs of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosale.

Things work very differently in Bollywood. There is a lot of camping there.

When K. Vishwanath made the film 'Shankarabharanam,' he wanted to bring back Carnatic classical music to mainstream. It's popularity was waning in those days.

Bollywood is a great place. You can expect support for award ceremonies, weddings, and funerals.

Indians can identify with the Indian sensibilities, and rather than taking something from foreign films, it is always good to make a movie which has been enjoyed by a certain audience or in a certain part of India and make it available to a larger audience.

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

I started down South, that's where my heart is. But I'm open to exploring Bollywood.

In Bollywood, they've got their systems in place. It's a monster machine that's churning out, like, 400 films a year, consistently. They're able to efficiently process things.

I grew up listening to Hindi music, ghazals and all.

India means everything to me. It is my homeland. India is my country. It is here that I have gotten love and affection as a film star from millions and millions of my fans over the last five decades.

My first preference is Bollywood and will always be.

India uses Bollywood, rather cinema, to tell its stories. It is one of the largest filmmaking nations in the world and so your talents get to tell stories about politics, love and drama through films.

If people ever stop making films about India, I'd never work again.

In Bollywood, birthday celebrations are usual and very carefree.

I'd love to do a musical on the lines of 'Salangai Oli,' 'Sankarabharanam' and 'Sindhu Bhairavi.'