Regional Films Quotes

Indians can identify with the Indian sensibilities, and rather than taking something from foreign films, it is always good to make a movie which has been enjoyed by a certain audience or in a certain part of India and make it available to a larger audience.

We are not only having a great audience for Punjabi films in north India but we are also seeing growth in other places like Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Indore, etc. And the overseas audiences have always been good for us. Without them we couldn't have taken Punjabi cinema to such heights.

Whenever I used to watch Hollywood films, I used to feel, when would Tollywood make such films?

I had a very good experience while working in regional films. I have been very fortunate that way. There is no doubt that the South Indian film industry is very much at par with Bollywood.

I have acted in all four film industries in the South. I speak all four languages because of my upbringing in various cities.

Everywhere I go today, people talk about Bengali cinema. I completely refuse to accept that Bengali filmmakers are not making good films.

I owe all the name and fame I have earned to regional cinema.

I was offered my first film right after my 10th board exams. Back then, I didn't even know they made films in the South. Films, I thought, were either in Hindi or English.

I've always said that we must do local cinema but not lose sight of national appeal. That's the way New Theatres, L V Prasad, Gemini Studios operated.

Having worked in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil film industries, I've been lucky to have travelled far and wide for shoots.

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 do watch Malayalam films, but please don't ask me which are the ones that I saw.

I have regional films, Bengali and Telugu, but always wanted to do a Marathi film especially because I think this industry makes the best comedy films.

Earlier, people used to say no to regional films, but now people all over the world have started watching Bengali cinema.

Overall, I feel that southern cinema, in itself, has taken over the film industry with its content, stories and screenplay.

What we have in Mexico and Latin America is a wide diversity of voices, but in Mexico, for example, we haven't been able to get a lot of the movies into theaters.

There is no difference working for Hindi or South films; the only difference is the language.

My mom and I never thought that I would make my way into Bollywood. I was happy doing films down south.

I think, in the South, I can do it, especially in the Kannada film industry. I am popular enough to do a woman-centric film there.