Masala Films Quotes

People don't wish to watch masala films of the '50s any more. Audiences do not want loud films at all. They are watching Netflix and Amazon that have fresh ideas.

The audience for 'Lootera' is far less than for my other kind of films. Just because I pulled it off doesn't mean I will change my tastes. I love to watch masala films, and I love to sing, dance and say those larger-than-life dialogues. But whenever I get a chance, and I really feel the connect, I will do a performance-oriented film.

The Indian film industry is very, very vibrant. It is a mix like it is in Hollywood - there is a lot of highly commercial cinema.

People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.

I've grown up watching 'Mawaali,' 'Himmatwalla,' and my love for masala movies started from there, and ever since, there's no looking back.

'Aashiq...' is my tribute to the '90s David Dhawan-Govinda era.

I grew up in the seventies, and films for us were larger-than-life, masala entertainers.

Indian cinema gives you everything that western cinema doesn't. It's maseladar and spicy. If you like Indian food, I think you'll love Indian movies.

Every time I decide not to do a commercial film, a masala film, I'm closer to myself.

I love masala films, and as an audience, I like my dose of commercial cinema.

I was introduced to cinema by C-grade films that played in my village, Budhana, in UP. Only films by Dada Kondke, Mahendra Sandhu, and Kanti Shah were available.

I'm a very big Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan fan. I've grown up seeing them, and they're larger-than-life in the true sense for me.

Somewhere down the line, I want to do masala films too.

I really miss doing masala films.

I watch certain kinds of masala films.

I don't do anything keeping Bollywood in mind.

I'm a 90s child and I have grown up on a staple diet of David Dhawan films, Baazigar, Rangeela and Dil Chahta Hai.

There's a lot of scope for performing in masala movies.

When you have Khiladi Kumar on one side and Thalaiva on the other, you have to know your stuff well.

I like Hindi movies. Although my wife thinks the hero and heroine breaking into a song and dance every five minutes is ridiculous, but I find them entertaining.

The conventional Indian movie industry is not for me: I cannot dance around trees or the water-fountain.