Bhandarkar Quotes

#1. 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

#2. I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.

Madhur Bhandarkar

#3. 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

#4. 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

#5. I have no question: It is enough, I know what fixed the station Of star and cloud. And knowing all, I cry ...

William Butler Yeats

#6. Feel the feelings and drop the story.

Pema Chodron

#7. 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

#8. Knowledge is power. The moment the masses acquire this power, control fades. And when control fades, chaos erupts.

Felix O. Hartmann

#9. Criminality is always the result of poverty. Countries that experience such a fundamental change as we have - we had the apartheid regime and must now develop a multicultural democracy - must necessarily pass through a phase of high crime rates.

Jacob Zuma

#10. As a kid, I loved being loved, and still do. Who doesn't love being loved?

Sandra Bernhard

#11. 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

#12. Fucking is for bathroom stalls and the back seat of a Toyota

Sage Whistler

#13. In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality.

Madhur Bhandarkar

#14. Pity isn't the only thing I don't do. Princesses are high on my lists too.

Nyrae Dawn

#15. My mate. My Liz. You are my everything." Yep, definitely hard to stay mad at that.

Ruby Dixon

#16. I like skiing, among other things, because I have moments when I am alone in the mountains. That's fantastic, when there's nobody around you. You see miles around you, and the sun is almost down .

Roman Polanski

#17. Whenever I come to Delhi, I forget about eating right and watching my weight.

Madhur Bhandarkar

#18. My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.

Madhur Bhandarkar

#19. 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

#20. The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.

Harold Nicolson

#21. The borders between different countries are, in truth, not real. They are a by-product of the ego.

Christopher Dines

#22. Yeah, at first people were talking about me. But now everyone is wearing their clothes more fitted.

Dwyane Wade

#23. There's nothing like simple spicy egg bhurji.

Madhur Bhandarkar

#24. I'm very aware that to reach the same level and have the same amount of success will be extremely difficult.

Laurent Jalabert

#25. 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

#26. 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

#27. I think 'Heroine' was Kareena Kapoor's best ever role of her career.

Madhur Bhandarkar

#28. 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

#29. 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

#30. I love Indian food, and my favourite dish is dal rice.

Madhur Bhandarkar

#31. Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints!

Chief Seattle

#32. 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

#33. 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

#34. 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

#35. In trying to make a big difference, don't ignore the small daily differences we can make.

Marian Wright Edelman

#36. 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

#37. 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