Cinema Quote by Rajkumar Hirani

“Nagpur was a very small town. There was no exposure to different kinds of films or world cinema. Only Manmohan Desai films.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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I feel the primary job of cinema is to entertain.

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

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

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

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