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'Dil Chahta Hai' is not the first film about friendship. 'Lakshya' is not the first film about war and coming of age.
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I am not trained to be a director or an actor. I have learnt everything by watching other people work and studying their work.
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When I made my debut as an actor in 'Rock On!' I was confident to get in front of the camera.
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As an actor, I am extremely fortunate to portray Milkha Singh on the big screen.
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People want a certain amount of respect when they watch a film: it should be worth of their time.
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Even within escapist cinema, if you find a good story to tell, it will do well.
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Cinema, I always felt, is a very powerful mass medium to translate ideas in an engaging way.
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When I take up a film, I always think of the effect it will have on my children when they see the film years later.
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My sister Zoya and I have been exposed to the best of cinema of all kinds - Chinese, Japanese, Italian, etc.
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Being a parent to my daughters, son to my parents, and friends to many people, I would wish for a society that's fair to everyone, that's free of prejudice and as non-divisive as possible.
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If you had a fabricated story coming out every two weeks or every month, it would affect you. You would be like, 'What's the problem with people?' or 'Why can't they let me be?' And that's the thought that comes into anyone's mind.
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I think nothing can be taken for granted - be it the fact that you get to work with a certain kind of talent, certain kinds of budgets, or that the audience looks forward to your work.
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As the director, you are the organiser who has to have all the answers. You are the person with maximum clarity.
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Filmmaking, whatever the window dressing or the scale of a film may be, is eventually about telling a story.
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I remember so clearly as a kid, my biggest problem in life was I used to never follow up on anything.
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Work does affect my personal life, as it consumes most of my time. It takes away a lot from my family time.
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Whether it is crimes against women, whether it's discrimination against women, whether it's just social bias against women - these things should be anomalies; they should not be the norm.
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It does not feel any different being directed by a first-timer as long as I am convinced that the director is passionate about the film he or she is making. If you get a sense of their vision for the film and their aesthetics of your performance, then it does not matter whether you work with a new or an experienced director.
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You have to be grateful for what you have, but you're always pushing further.
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Every director has a sensibility and style, and what works is his originality and conviction.
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The first time I re-discovered the joy of watching an action movie was when I saw 'Die Hard.' It was a completely simple plot - a guy goes to meet his wife, and the building gets taken over by terrorists - but I was completely blown away. Great characters, and it moved along really fast.
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I was very focused when I wanted to make 'Dil Chahta Hai,' though it was difficult for me to convince people that I know how to make films and I will be able to direct and put a film together.
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Apart from the highs and lows of when your film releases, there's a strange, addictive quality that making a film has because of all that drama. There's so much that goes on, and we miss it when it's over.
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Indian food beats everything else, in my book. The kinds of cuisine our country offers is just amazing. Every single dish has a variation depending on what region you go to, and that excites me the most about Indian food.
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After 'Rock On!,' when I started acting, and I sang in the film, people asked me, 'What was the need to sing in your film?' and things like that. I really don't have an answer for it. In terms of what made me do it? It just felt like the right thing to do.
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If you are a doctor or farmer, be sincere about your profession. If you can do what you do honestly, you will end up serving your country.
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'Deewar' has been remade so many times, 'Trishul' has been remade so many times. But 'Don' - no one has gone into this area as often as they have gone into these other movies, and I think it fits into the modern sensibility of movie viewing quite well.
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'Dil Chahta Hai' was too raw. We only thought about the film. We never thought where the film was going to go. We wanted to make a film on our own terms.
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Everything I do is gauged under the shadow of 'Dil Chahta Hai.' Even 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' and 'Rock On,' which are very urban films. So I am always seen through that lens.
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If someone has behaved badly with a woman. and she hasn't spoken about it for ten, 20, or 30 years, it's her prerogative when she wants to speak.
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Fitness is about keeping yourself healthy. This is something you do for yourself and for your loved ones.
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I like to make films with characters that resemble real people, about societies that exist.
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The power with which you can create a character is tremendous and probably more satisfying than actually being the person.
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I think it is important to time yourself to make the right choices. It's not responsible to go ahead and say a 'yes' or 'no' on a whim.
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There was a phase when I would just loaf around, doing nothing. It had put my mom under a lot of stress. I knew her stress stemmed from her love for me, yet I never paid attention to her feelings. When it finally hit me that my idleness was taking a toll on her, I was genuinely sad and depressed.
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It's only when a project or film doesn't work, that you think about what you could have done differently - whether you chose unwisely, or was there something in your application in that role, as an actor, as a director or as a producer, that you could have done better.
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Friendship brings in a lot of honesty and trust into any relationship, especially a marriage.
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Film festivals are important, as they often provide an opportunity to look at a film from a fresh perspective.
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