India Quote by Javed Akhtar

I grew up in Banaras on Kabir and other Hindi poets and then I got introduced to Faiz, Hasrat Mohani, Allama Iqbal and Majaaz.…

— Anubhav Sinha

Let me name three of the people who influenced me, although it's definitely not a complete list. Ayesha Jalal, the formidable Pakistani-American historian, has…

— Steve Inskeep

People are rushed and inspired by the success of Indian writers, and are falling over themselves to write novels. Every Indian is writing a…

— Karan Mahajan

Arjun Rampal is one of the best co-stars I've ever worked with.

— Aishwarya Rajesh

A Bollywood hero, for most people, has been a Raj, a Rahul or a Prem... it's now a part of the psyche.

— Randeep Hooda

Shah Rukh has definitely been my inspiration. He is extremely focused in his work and is extremely ambitious.

— Gauri Khan

I am a Gandhian and a big fan of late Rajiv Gandhi.

— Ravi Kishan

I grew up in Nagpur, and I first started enjoying the author Harishankar Parsai. He wrote mostly satire, essays on the current situation and…

— Rajkumar Hirani

Habib Faisal is a wonderful director.

— Aditya Roy Kapur

To be very objective, I am here in this field for thirty five years, and I always knew that Shahid has an incredible capability…

— Pankaj Kapur

I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened to be an Indian,…

— James Welch

“Any good, persistent, business-minded, prolific writer can succeed if they keep writing and moving forward. For the modern author, that’s excellent news.”

— Sean Platt