Commercial film is a film that makes a lot of money, and I have very high hopes from 'Sonchiriya.'
'Cabaret' was the most commercial success that I've been involved in.
Right now my career is totally schizophrenic, because when an American production like Hitchcock Presents asks to see my work I would never dream of showing them my independent films.
I'm a commercial filmmaker.
I can't be enticed by a big commercial film.
I personally don't distinguish between artistic and commercial films.
Some of the martial arts films, the motivation is about martial arts. That's where it's coming from. It is a visual, commercial film, to showcase the next stunt, the biggest thing. And character development becomes a side thing.
Perhaps, despite my objections, the success of films like: 'The Help,' 'Django,' 'The Butler,' or '12 Years a Slave,' will further persuade Hollywood to widen its view and edit its erroneous perception of what a commercial black film can look like.
Whatever I have done so far has led me to 'Kaabil.' It is a big opportunity for me to establish myself more commercially. It is a huge platform.
No power on earth can ever get me back to directing a commercial film.
If you do one big commercial film and it's a hit, everybody takes you for that particular kind of a role.
I was looking to be a part of commercial cinema and that was when I signed 'Jodi.'
I am hard put to think of a single positive thing that commercial Hindi cinema has achieved.
The original deal we made was that Walker would be treated like a regular movie, rather than an arthouse thing.
I don't attribute any 'luck' to 'Bol Bachchan''s success. It was an entertaining commercial film which was bound to do well, and I guess I have the knack of picking up such universally appealing, fun masala movies which turn to be successful.
I grew up on the commercial film format. I have grown up all my life watching films and they have all been mainstream commercial cinema.
'Naa Ishtam' is my first commercial Telugu film. That was exciting.
Not looking really to do some big giant action movie that's just trying to make a lot of money.
I don't know what's in store for me, but I know that I want to create work, and I want to create an environment where I can bring in my favorite people and collaborate with them, and do something that is so much weirder and so different from what you'd see in commercial film.
The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.
'Rowdy Rathore' is a full-length commercial movie but with a difference. The Hindi version comes with some value additions.
In 'Barfi,' we have departed from regular commercial stuff and used the melody 'Bare Bare,' sung by Sonu Nigam as the introductory song for Diganth.
It so depends on each script, because you can say... I always thought I wouldn't have wanted to do something that was kind of like as big and commercial as 'The Dark is Rising,' but I really liked the script. I thought it was really clever.
Every film is made for a commercial purpose - to earn money at the box-office.
I would love to do anything from a really gritty, interesting, indie type film, to that commercial, bigger stuff.
