I stay in Chennai but my heart is beating for Kannada films. — Suhasini Maniratnam Beating Copy Share Image
When there is growth economically and in industry, I think there should be growth in information also. — Suhasini Maniratnam Data Copy Share Image
Actors should be writers. While a writer puts the story on paper, an actor puts it on screen. — Suhasini Maniratnam Actor Copy Share Image
I would like to give one message: Live life light with a smile. — Suhasini Maniratnam Life Copy Share Image
Technology has definitely changed a lot, and it has made the medium of cinema very accessible for aspirants. — Suhasini Maniratnam Changed Copy Share Image
I have a great sense of humour. I am teasing, taunting and authoritative. — Suhasini Maniratnam Am Copy Share Image
We women want to take the easy way out. I appreciate men because they take risks. — Suhasini Maniratnam Easy Copy Share Image
Though I read and speak Malayalam, Malayalis won't accept outsiders speaking their language. — Suhasini Maniratnam Accept Copy Share Image
You need to understand the meaning of the dialogue to be able to convey it right. You need to know it to… — Suhasini Maniratnam Communication Copy Share Image
I was born in a part of Tamil Nadu notorious for eliminating the girl child. I was the third daughter born to… — Suhasini Maniratnam Born Copy Share Image
Mani laughs every time he hears someone ask me, 'Don't you miss acting?' Because he sees me with make-up on every morning… — Suhasini Maniratnam Acting Copy Share Image
Unless we get out of these mindless comedies and a good-for-nothing fellow trying to win over the heroine kind of films, Tamil… — Suhasini Maniratnam Cinema Copy Share Image
In 1983, when I did 'Sindhu Bhairavi' and played the other woman, many men came up to me and said it opened… — Suhasini Maniratnam Cinema Copy Share Image
Though the first day of college was scary, I gradually adjusted to the environment and started enjoying myself with friends, lecturers, sports,… — Suhasini Maniratnam College Copy Share Image
Most people don't even know that I have another side to me. They only know me as an actor. But I keep… — Suhasini Maniratnam Actor Copy Share Image
'Hasini Pesum Padam' was about reviewing Tamil movies that released every week. I felt it is more of an international platform and… — Suhasini Maniratnam Bollywood Copy Share Image
With summer in Chennai, I am struggling with my long hair. I do my own hair-dos which are comfortable. — Suhasini Maniratnam Hair Copy Share Image
I do things normal event managers cannot do, thanks to my years in the film industry. — Suhasini Maniratnam Cannot Copy Share Image
I think if an actor is not able to pronounce their own dialogues, no matter what language, you are not an actor. — Suhasini Maniratnam Actor Copy Share Image
Kannada was easy for me to learn because it's casual and easy; no frills, unlike Tamil. — Suhasini Maniratnam Because Copy Share Image
Those who respect the intelligence of the common man have always been masters. — Suhasini Maniratnam Always Copy Share Image
I don't really like event managing - I don't even manage my house. — Suhasini Maniratnam Even Copy Share Image
Yes, my uncle wanted me to be a cinematographer and he was disappointed when I gave up that dream to become an… — Suhasini Maniratnam Actor Copy Share Image
After 40, women forget they are women. There's a certain liberation and we get to know ourselves. — Suhasini Maniratnam Forget Copy Share Image
Every language will have different nuances. But language cannot be the basis for discrimination or exclusion. — Suhasini Maniratnam Cannot Copy Share Image
Vittorio De Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves' changed my very idea of cinema. — Suhasini Maniratnam Bicycle Copy Share Image
All art cinema is not great; some of the films can put you to sleep. — Suhasini Maniratnam Art Copy Share Image
Films are a fantastic medium and the huge impact they have cannot be denied. — Suhasini Maniratnam Cannot Copy Share Image
I don't believe in multitasking. I rather believe in doing one thing at a time. — Suhasini Maniratnam Believe Copy Share Image
How can anyone say no to be a part in a film like 'Ramanujan?' — Suhasini Maniratnam Cinema Copy Share Image
If you are making a film for the first time, you have all the problems and fears. Yet, you have the freedom… — Suhasini Maniratnam Cinema Copy Share Image
In Chennai, I do film reviews for a local channel. Every second movie I review is by a debutant. There is so… — Suhasini Maniratnam Cinema Copy Share Image
Not many people know that I turned down my husband's first directorial, the Kannada film 'Pallavi Anupallavi,' something he still hasn't forgiven… — Suhasini Maniratnam Bollywood Copy Share Image
The Indian film industry has a condescending attitude towards its fans without actually intending to. They want to explain everything, leaving very… — Suhasini Maniratnam Attitude Copy Share Image
Often our onscreen personas are different from who we are. Actors like Kamal Haasan, who is such a genius, has never played… — Suhasini Maniratnam Actors Copy Share Image
I took up special yoga and a diet from Sreenath Vishnu. And amazingly, I lost 5.5 kgs in 20 days and my… — Suhasini Maniratnam Days Copy Share Image
On the first day of my shoot for 'School Master,' I was feeling a little uneasy because I had to travel a… — Suhasini Maniratnam Day Copy Share Image
I don't think women are being sidelined or ignored. If they are talented enough, they will get films. But they need to… — Suhasini Maniratnam Ambitious Copy Share Image
Men directors somehow think it's great to show heroes all unkempt and ungroomed. You'd be able to smell the hero's aftershave lotion… — Suhasini Maniratnam Female Copy Share Image
I hate myself seconds after I've gotten angry but it's too late by then. I start defending my actions after that. It's… — Suhasini Maniratnam Angry Copy Share Image
