Best Quote by Kalyani Priyadarshan

My father came to Chennai at the age of 16 from a village in Coimbatore. He was an artist and was clear he wanted…

— Suriya

We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in…

— Mahesh Babu

I loved movies and watched a lot of them. But my father insisted that I get a good education before I joined the film…

— Karthi

I was a good student. For a while, my parents did make me cope with school and films simultaneously. But after a point, this…

— Sridevi

I was passionate about films, but was scared to tell that to my parents. Soon after my engineering, I got a job and was…

— Tovino Thomas

My parents have let me do whatever I am interested in. Initially, they were apprehensive, but when they realised that filmmaking was my passion…

— Karthik Subbaraj

My story is similar to every ordinary Indian boy's tale. My father wanted me to become an engineer or a professional but I was…

— Abhishek Banerjee

I think the fact that my parents are still, "Hey, great, that's great!" and not, "We need you to do this and be a…

— Tatiana Maslany

My parents raised me to put school first and modeling and extracurriculars second.

— Devon Windsor

My parents were all about education. My mother was a librarian - she retired after 30 years - and she made sure that we…

— Courtney B. Vance

My parents made every effort to encourage me to pursue anything in life that I enjoyed or found appealing so that I would be…

— Elliot Knight

I entered the film industry because my family forced me into it.

— Dhanush