Rajkumar Hirani

Whenever I finish a film, I feel that this is the worst film that I have made. This is bound to happen…

— Rajkumar Hirani

The longest break I have taken in my life was 14 days. On the 15th day, I started getting impatient to start…

— Rajkumar Hirani

You need to write about something that you really know about or you deeply connect with. Don't fake it.

— Rajkumar Hirani

When you make a film you make a film. You don't think about how it will be marketed.

— Rajkumar Hirani

In 'Sanju,' there are too many colours. Some other filmmaker could have taken a dark side to that story.

— Rajkumar Hirani

The only time you do not get nervous is when you are making your first film. At that time, just the joy…

— Rajkumar Hirani

Without its roots in reality, I don't think escapism can survive.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I feel the primary job of cinema is to entertain.

— Rajkumar Hirani

No one sets out to write escapism as a film's subject matter unless, maybe, you are making a fantasy flick.

— Rajkumar Hirani

Like every father who wants his son to be either an engineer or a doctor, my father wanted me to become a…

— Rajkumar Hirani

I prefer to be a director and a narrator rather than a writer.

— Rajkumar Hirani

The pressure is always there to make good films, but that is more from your mindset, either you have it or you…

— Rajkumar Hirani

Someday I want to really talk about religion and blind faith. I explored astrologers, palmistry etcetra at length till I believed it…

— Rajkumar Hirani

Religion is man-made. Every religion says my 'God is the best.'

— Rajkumar Hirani

I read till I fall asleep. Daytime actually I feel guilty reading - I always feel I should be doing something else!

— Rajkumar Hirani

I think I have taken more holidays with Boman than I have with my wife.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I feel some people are cynical by nature. You show them anything, they only see the problems and negatives.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I have the highest respect for the concept of 'Advait' - the oneness of all humans - that is central to Indian…

— Rajkumar Hirani

It is impossible to know what people will like. No market research, formulas will help, it's best to stop guessing.

— Rajkumar Hirani

See, most films are about achievers. You see a film like 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' or 'Dhoni.' Even 'Gandhi,' or the biopic on…

— Rajkumar Hirani

Scale is very easy actually. Put a camera on a jib or a drone and get bloody big shots on big sets,…

— Rajkumar Hirani

Writing a script consumes so much of time.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I like playing with languages and dialects as we have so many in India. Adding a dialect just makes the dialogues more…

— Rajkumar Hirani

I would say films inspire me more than the makers.

— Rajkumar Hirani

Assuming audiences to be dumb, that's a big fallacy.

— Rajkumar Hirani