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Madhur Bhandarkar Quotes
Indian
-
Director
August 26, 1968
My father was an electrical contractor, while I used to deliver video cassettes on a cycle to people in Juhu and Bandra, including celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty. Mithunda remembers me and is very proud of me. He can't believe that the guy who used to come to his house in short pants has become so successful.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Me
People
Believe
Father
Celebrities
Contractor
Cycle
Deliver
Electrical
Pants
Remembers
Become
Come
Guy
He
His
House
Including
Like
Proud
Short
Successful
Used
Very
Video
While
Who
I got to make 'Trishakti' with Arshad Warsi, who was a newcomer at that time. The movie took three years to complete and became dated by the time it was released. The movie did not even get a proper release and bombed at the box office. It was a very bad patch of my life and a big disaster for my career.
Madhur Bhandarkar
I am an emotional and fragile person. I observe life, I am perceptive and can read a person's body language. I have a strong journalistic streak in me, and had I not been a filmmaker, I would have become a film journalist. I have combined my perceptive and journalistic traits to create my own brand of cinema.
Madhur Bhandarkar
I don't want to make 'Chandni Bar 2.' I didn't think 'Fashion 2' will happen. If a film ends on a high note... makes the audience think and lingers in the end... that is needed.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Think
Will
Fashion
End
Bar
Ends
High Note
In The End
Lingers
Note
Audience
Film
Happen
High
Make
Makes
Needed
Want
I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family - poor, in fact.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Family
Me
Poor
Always
Avid
Class Family
Grounded
Habit
Middle Class
Reader
Thanks
Vocabulary
Books
Came
Class
English
Fact
I Came
In Fact
Keeps
Middle
Reading
Very
I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Feeling
Like
Leave
Film
Explore
Lingering
Open-Ended
Sequels
Subjects
Till
Any
Films
After 'Chandni Bar' there was a shutdown of such bars in Mumbai. After 'Page 3' people started avoiding such events. 'Traffic Signal' exposed the money flow through the mafia. I'm not apologetic about the brutal truth in my films. Almost 70% of my films are based on reality, and 30% I fictionalize or change to suit my film.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Change
Truth
People
Money
Apologetic
Avoiding
Bar
Bars
Brutal
Exposed
Flow
Mafia
Mumbai
Page
Signal
Suit
Traffic
About
After
Almost
Based
Events
Film
Films
Reality
Started
Through
My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Man
Decision
Never
Dark
All Religions
Beliefs
Common Man
Connects
Conscious
Conscious Decision
Encompass
Inclination
Lazy
Religions
Sides
Characters
Common
Emotional
Films
Person
Religious
Show
Very
Who
I have no regret about making 'Heroine'; rather, I am happy I made it. I never shun my films; I stick to it.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Regret
I Am
Never
Happy
Heroine
Shun
I Am Happy
About
Am
Films
Made
Making
Rather
Stick
I think 'Heroine' was Kareena Kapoor's best ever role of her career.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Best
Think
Career
Her
Heroine
Ever
I Think
Role
I have registered few titles like 'Bharat Bandh,' 'Calendar Girl,' 'Money Politics.' The titles just intrigued me, so I registered. I had a title, 'Jai Ho,' which I gave to Sohail Khan for his next film with Salman Khan. These are typical Madhur Bhandarkar kind of films. I may make a film or not on such titles... not sure yet.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Politics
Me
Money
Girl
Calendar
Intrigued
Khan
Registered
Title
Titles
Typical
Few
Film
Films
Gave
Had
His
Just
Kind
Like
Make
May
Next
Sure
Which
I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Love
Romantic
Think
Will
According
Filmmaker
Parameters
Yardstick
Film
Films
I Love
I Think
Kind
Kinds
Loved
Make
Only
See
Should
Watching
In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Reality
Honesty
Movies
Tried
Bar
Corporate
Depict
Page
While Hollywood has had a huge influence on the Indian industry, Bollywood and its actors, too, are garnering a lot of attention in the western film world.
Madhur Bhandarkar
World
Influence
Attention
Indian
Bollywood
Film World
Huge Influence
Western
Actor
Film
Had
Hollywood
Huge
Industry
Lot
Too
While
Indian cinema is no more limited to audiences in India. We have viewers all around the world, and hence, understanding the global perspective is a must. Cinema Beyond Boundaries would get the viewers and the filmmakers together and would help us in serving them with good quality cinema.
Madhur Bhandarkar
I'm not into replicating old movies. But one should never say never. Tomorrow I may feel like making a part 2 of some of my movies.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Tomorrow
Never
Feel
Movies
Never Say Never
Old Movies
Like
Making
May
Old
Part
Say
Should
Some
My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Motherhood
I Am
Belief
Humbled
Inherent
Pious
Am
My entire career stands on the strong pillars of women-oriented films. This stems from the fact that I am sensitive to the entire aura and mystique of a woman and womanhood.
Madhur Bhandarkar
I Am
Woman
Strong
Career
Aura
Entire Career
Mystique
Pillars
Sensitive
Stands
Stems
Womanhood
Am
Entire
Fact
Films
I am a very spiritual person and love travelling to religious places. I go to the Golden Temple, Tirupati Balaji and Vaishno Devi every year.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Love
I Am
Spiritual
Temple
Golden
Spiritual Person
Travelling
Am
Every
Go
Person
Places
Religious
Very
Year
As I had visualized, 'Heroine' is shaping up to be a very contemporary film with a different premise and strata. This film, like most of my other films, is a blend of facts and fiction. The film has a larger span, more characters, and costumes... a journey that revolves around an actress's life and the showbiz.
Madhur Bhandarkar
I love Indian food, and my favourite dish is dal rice.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Love
Food
Rice
Dish
Favourite
I Love
Indian
I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Love
Cinema
Like
More
Authors
Favourite
Non-Fiction
Realistic
Robert
I Love
Lot
Making
Read
Reading
There's nothing like simple spicy egg bhurji.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Simple
Nothing
Egg
Like
Spicy
Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Law
Fashion
Influence
More
Abide
Drawn
Dutiful
Hairstyle
Inference
Learnt
Lessons
Solely
Trends
Virtues
After
Anyone
Become
Entertainment
Film
Films
Law-Abiding
Meant
Provide
Seeing
Than
Very
I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Funny
You
Feel
Bone
Mimic
Terrific
I pick my actors primarily based on my gut-feel. They could be rank newcomers or established stars, but if I feel they'll do justice to my characters, they are on. I think Bollywood is now looking towards Kollywood for new faces, and, to my mind, Suriya will be a very successful crossover star because he's very versatile.
Madhur Bhandarkar
In my downtime, you'll mostly find me curled up with a book. I love reading biographies. My favourites are those of Dalai Lama, Osama Bin Laden, and Einstein.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Love
Me
You
Book
Bin
Biographies
Dalai
Dalai Lama
Downtime
Einstein
Favourites
Lama
Find
I Love
Mostly
Reading
Those
Up
Whenever I come to Delhi, I forget about eating right and watching my weight.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Eating
Forget
Right
Watching
Delhi
About
Come
Weight
Whenever
For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
Madhur Bhandarkar
World
People
Fashion
Like
Corporate
Corporate World
Designers
Investigative
Journalist
Models
Similarly
About
Film
Knowing
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