Chunky Pandey Quotes

There are loads of kids out there who haven't got a clue what 'Men Behaving Badly' was; it was such a long time ago. So I'm able to spread my wings a little bit more. I was able to do it on stage over the years. Most directors and producers don't know who I am these days, anyway!

Let's get a couple of things straight. It hasn't been years and years since I made a movie. I'm not coming back from the dead - I've just had two kids! I have no intention of retiring, but I do think it's impossible to do movie after movie, because there aren't that many good films made.

I feel that, particularly because of language, we are handicapped in getting a large world audience. But Hindi cinema has the same ingredients that appeal to the whole world.

You can never write off a good actor, look at Arshad Warsi, one 'Munna Bhai' and he's back in business.

To be a guy that disappeared from reggaeton for 10 years and come back, it can't be better than that.

You look at a guy like Drew McIntyre, right? He was released and it actually helped him.

I was about 19 when I began working for Hindi films.

'Aiyyaa' was not the first film that I was offered in Hindi... it was the first film that I wanted to do in Hindi.

If you are working in the Hindi film industry, you cannot escape playing a police guy more than three times.

We write songs that hit different people at different ages where they live.

I am definitely interested in doing films in Bollywood. And not only in Hindi - I am open to working anywhere in the country, even if it is Punjabi.

I am hard put to think of a single positive thing that commercial Hindi cinema has achieved.

After my debut in 2005, I had done almost 15 films till 2008, with 'Saas Bahu and Sensex' being the last. Hence, I thought it was time to slow down.

I so hate the term Bollywood. I know it's become synonymous with the industry but really we are 'Indian cinema.'

I got my first break in 'Bhootnath,' solely on my credit, and went on to sing for around 20 films for all the leading music composers.

I think the word 'woke' is now over. The first time I heard my mature, white dad use that term, I was like 'OK, this is done.'

Very few fighters get a chance to come back.

People say, 'When are you making this comeback?' I say, 'It's not a comeback, it's a record.' They say, 'Where have you been all these years?' I say, 'I've been making records.'

Who does not want to work in Bollywood?

I have never worried about having my finger on the pulse, because I consume music and cinema voraciously, and assumed that meant I would know all of the things my kids were into, even if I didn't like them.

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.

Films like 'Satya,' 'Company' needed a pan-Indian audience. The affinity for Hindi film and subjects was there.

Bollywood works as hard as regional cinema makers.

While shooting for 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna,' I just had to watch Dev sahab and I would give my best.

You know you are old when what you still think of as recent films are remade.