100 years of Indian cinema has happened. Anything you do, feels like it has already been done. The struggle is to find… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
I can lock myself for months in the editing suite with no noise or distractions. It's fascinating to see the film taking… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
There's a big time influence Hrishikesh Mukherjee has always had on my work. I can watch 'Anand,' 'Golmaal' or 'Chupke Chupke' as… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
When I make a film, the yardstick is my mind. If I laugh at the jokes and feel sad at the serious… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
I have been in advertising and I know my craft well, but ultimately in cinema every scene has to matter, and that… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
A director should be in a position where he is only directing. On the sets, he is only looking at the performances,… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, the system is so streamlined, the administration is in place. That's why every six months Spielberg is able to make… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
Nagpur was a very small town. There was no exposure to different kinds of films or world cinema. Only Manmohan Desai films. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
I am trying to make the kind of film that I would be happy to see. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
With fiction, you can do whatever you want to, but if you are making a film on someone, you have to stick… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
There is no good or bad cinema, there are films that connect either less or more with audience. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
Films have to find a way to compress many anecdotes into one, or many events into one. Otherwise there is no way… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
Film-makers are greedy people - we want good stories and good subjects. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
Whenever I finish a film, I feel that this is the worst film that I have made. This is bound to happen because while… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
The longest break I have taken in my life was 14 days. On the 15th day, I started getting impatient to start work again. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
You need to write about something that you really know about or you deeply connect with. Don't fake it. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
When you make a film you make a film. You don't think about how it will be marketed. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
In 'Sanju,' there are too many colours. Some other filmmaker could have taken a dark side to that story. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
The only time you do not get nervous is when you are making your first film. At that time, just the joy of making… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
No one sets out to write escapism as a film's subject matter unless, maybe, you are making a fantasy flick. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
Like every father who wants his son to be either an engineer or a doctor, my father wanted me to become a doctor. I… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
The pressure is always there to make good films, but that is more from your mindset, either you have it or you don't have… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
