Bhumi Pednekar Quotes

You can have a bunch of great actors in a film, but if you don't have anyone telling a great story, it's a moot point.

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.

Moviemaking is about telling a story. And you need to know what story you are going to tell.

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

I believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV.

Things that matter are a great story, entertainment, how the lead part moves the story forward and who the directors are.

It is a conscious choice to go for content-driven scripts because that is the key for any film to work. There are no two ways about it, and I have always been attracted to great content.

People don't come to the theatres to watch a kiss. It's the story that appeals to them.

When we think about a great movie, I mean, what do we think about? We think about story, we think about character. And when the visual effects aren't perfect, we forgive it.

As a director, what I'm trying to do is to create interesting stories.

Genre aside, I'd like to make a film about people.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Films are all about decisions, and that's what I love.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay with you eventually, not necessarily the genre. I go to watch a film because of the story, not because it was a Western or a comedy.

If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film.

High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry.

If the script is not good, the film will not work.

If you have a great story, any film will work.

I am not interested in doing a film on the basis of a good story. I want a proper screenplay.

A novel is both a story and a piece of writing. A movie is a story and a piece of filmmaking.

For me, storytelling is the most interesting part of movie making.

Small events and some songs and dance do not make a film. A film needs to have a proper structure and there has to be an output which would be relevant to people who watch it.

The combo of a great story and good director works for me.

You need actors and performers, but there has to be content in a film.