Kay Kay Menon Quotes

I've made movies where people say it's their favourite, but they don't take it seriously because it just didn't seem to break through commercially.

There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.

Sometimes it's very difficult to do a movie that's good and then have that movie make it to the light of day.

If you make a good film, then there's no harm if it achieves commercial success.

'Badlapur' was my first film that did well, commercially. People have also watched the other films that I have made, but they didn't bring in the footfall.

If my film doesn't make money, it means people didn't go watch it. So it doesn't matter then that the critics loved it.

The problem is some of our riskier films just don't make as much money. But if you only make films that will just be commercially successful, then you can also sink yourself as a studio.

I would never want to do a content-driven film with a box office life of Rs 20 crore.

Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the rights for some of them.

The effort always remains that my new film outdoes my last in terms of performance and gets better box office success. Box office is the sole reason why I do films.

A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.

'Srimanthudu' is a film very close to my heart. It's my first production, and I'm more than happy with its performance at the box office.

Whenever we actors become part of a Bollywood film, there is a certain pressure of earning a box office success.

Quality cinema is not changing anything, everything is the same. The artistes and other people involved in these films get some recognition at international film festivals and award shows only.

Sometimes, films that you do with a lot of care and look good at the time of signing may not work out for some reason or other.

At the end of the day, all I want is that my films should do well.

I wish that 'Yama Pasham' will be a bigger hit than 'Krishnagaadi Veera Prema Gaadha.'

For a filmmaker, whether the film is liked, understood or appreciated counts as much as the moolah.

I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what went wrong if a film turns out to be a dud!

You want every film that you make to do well, not just indie films in general.

No matter how lofty a film is, it becomes a product after entering the market. It has a price. I think no matter what your purpose of shooting it, it has to have artistic value and then sell. But you can't make money if it doesn't have artistic value.

For me, 'Mary Magdalene' is the most beautiful film I've shot with the performances and the script and the actors and ensemble. But not one saw it.

Ninety per cent of my movies were hits.

All my films can't be like 'Narasimham.'

The prime motivation in making almost any film is success, because film is the art form of the 20th century.