Top 25 Mukesh Rishi Quotes

I was the vice-captain of Government College, Chandigarh, and around the same time, Kapil Dev was also representing his college. I knew his close friend very well, and I really respected his achievements when he started playing for the country.

When people pay money to watch films, they also expect good movie in return.

Wherever I go, I try to see all the local markets and places which are popular in the city.

I have my own lifestyle. I have to have time to my family and that’s one of my top priorities.

Villains are as important as the hero. Without the right villain, the hero isn’t heroic enough.

This I realized very late, that villain remains villain and are never able to become artists. We are never counted as actors and always addressed as villains.

If a character artiste accepts too many small roles his career dies a slow death.

I’ve grown up in Jammu, but have been to Kashmir earlier and have seen a different side to the Valley.

I am happy with my work and I think my hard work didn’t get wasted.

When you’re playing a character in a movie, you can add your own touch to it and modify it to suit your style.

I keep doing Punjabi films and love wearing turban.

I have been passionate about cricket since childhood. I played the sport at the inter-school and inter-college level.

Ravana isn’t the usual villain. He is smart, has a personality, and has shades of grey which make him a complex character. There is versatility in the role and I plan to maximize on that.

When we burn the Ravana, we are symbolically destroying the evil in our society. We need to remember this after the Ramleela is over.

I am from Jammu, but I studied in Chandigarh in sports quota.

My love for cricket, body-building and martial arts later helped me in modeling and then acting.

Being an actor, and a villain for various movies, I’ve played all parts of Ravana’s persona already. But as familiar as all these parts of it may seem, playing Ravana is a different ball game altogether.

Since I got into acting, I always wanted to play a bad guy.

‘Sarfarosh’ has made people realize that I can act. This film has made me grow as an actor. There was a general impression among the people that I can only play a bad guy without any dialogues. But this film has given me a break and I have proved myself as an actor.

When you come to the South industry, they know that you don’t know the language but it never becomes a barrier.

Acting in Marathi has got me a different experience.

I still watch cricket, though now films and exercise take up most of my time.

Being from Jammu, I always saw Delhi as this big city where everyone would want to be.

I was in Fiji for some years. From there I went over to New Zealand to work as a store manager. But I was modeling for various companies at the same time.

I played Sanjay Dutt’s role in ‘Son of Sardar’ in a Kannad film. But because roles aren’t being discussed and published that much people tend to think that I am doing only negative roles.