I was looking to play different characters, and films didn't offer many choices. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I believe that the performance of my actors is of utmost importance to make a good film. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I don't think that a film that has children in it necessarily needs to be a children's film. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
In the 80s, parallel cinema gained momentum. So, I got back to films and won National awards for Maqbool' and other films. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I don't want to do films where I'm just there with nothing much to do. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
There is a perception that I do certain kind of films. That's not true. I am open to any good scripts with… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
If offered a good role, I would like to work in a good Punjabi film. This land has produced great writers, poets… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
It wasn't one film that changed my life, but a series of decisions that brought out the best in me. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Seventy years on, the wound of Partition is still raw. There have been some beautiful attempts like Garam Hava,' but it's not… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I wanted to understand the whole medium and that is when I decided to do television. Once I thought that, I was… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Our cinema is coming of age, and people are realizing we need to tell different stories differently and in fresh manner and… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I admit TV is a far cry from the films that I started my career with, like 'Ek Doctor Ki Maut.' It's… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
When you get confidence from your director, as an actor, it is all a matter of how your director says, 'This is… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
So, 50 films, 3 National Awards, 74 plays and serials later, here I am playing Professor Das in JL50,' who understands time… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I have been rather selective, doing not more than two or thee films a year, so that leaves me with plenty of… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
The Urdu or Hindustani language we use isn't popular in theatre these days. It was a language that was being used in… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Content-driven films can make money - something that is gripping, is a journey of revelation and is relevant is cinema. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Different kind of cinema is being created, people are coming up with different kind of scripts, they are able to come up… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
From the initial days of my career I have always given importance to two things. One is to heed to directors instructions… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Many people from the industry come up to me and say 'We don't see you onscreen much.' But where are the scripts?… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I have always taken up films that I like. And in the process if I have done films which bring out something… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Small events and some songs and dance do not make a film. A film needs to have a proper structure and there… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Back in the 1990s, I had an opportunity to make a film. But I realized that it is better for me to… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
When you ask me why I do one film a year, it is not my fault. I've chosen what I liked from… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Cinema which is well-made, for any kind of audience, is worthy of being watched by just about anybody who would like to… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
We have ambitions, we go on with our lives. We get married and have families. But I was interested to know what happens to… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
As far as I am concerned the best thing that any person can have, and which I think my son has, is commitment to… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I did drama school in Delhi. I am glad I studied in a school where cultural activities were significant. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Delhi is where I began practising theatre, it is always special to perform in the capital. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Our cinema is coming of age, and people are realizing we need to tell different stories differently and in fresh manner and not just… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
As an actor, my desire was always to be different, there was a desire to associate yourself with projects that bring about the contemporary… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
In the 80s, parallel cinema gained momentum. So, I got back to films and won National awards for Maqbool' and other films. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Small events and some songs and dance do not make a film. A film needs to have a proper structure and there has to… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I believe that the performance of my actors is of utmost importance to make a good film. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
