History Quote by Kabir Khan

It's the easiest thing today, demonising the Mughals and various other Muslim rulers that India had at different points in its history. Trying to…

— Kabir Khan

The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done…

— Salman Rushdie

There is no way one can remake 'Mughal-e-Azam.' What my grandfather did, we cannot even think of emulating. The film is a legend, and…

— Rishi Kapoor

We, at one point, had such great villains with shades of grey and a compelling story around them. But Bollywood did see a decline…

— Mukesh Rishi

“During Aurangzeb’s rule, which lasted for forty-nine years from 1658 onwards, there were many phases during which Pandits were persecuted. One of his fourteen…

— Rahul Pandita

“The battle of Panipat was fought for more than what is usually imagined. It was fought by a people in the far south of…

— Uday S. Kulkarni

'Sholay' can and should never be remade. It is a classic, just like 'Mughal-e-Azam.' The magic which the movie created at that time cannot…

— Hema Malini

It is an irony that the era of crafty villains such as Gabbar Singh or Mogambo has gone away.

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

Nowadays so many things are happening all over the place. I'd sound really like a regressive babuji if I say stuff like the institution…

— Alok Nath

India has always had a strange way with her conquerors. In defeat, she beckons them in, then slowly seduces, assimilates and transforms them.

— William Dalrymple

“...the Despot is Master only as long as he is the strongest, and as soon as he can be driven out he cannot protest…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

There's much about the British Raj which I think is disreputable. It was rapacious; it was a sort of kleptocracy, and it was also…

— Michael Portillo