Words matter. These are the best Asrani Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I was among the first batch of the students to graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune in 1966, but it wasn’t my passport to Bollywood. At that time, no one understood that it is possible to learn acting in an institute.
The magic in ‘Sholay’ was purely because of Salim-Javed. I didn’t do anything.
You’d need to polish your skills as you only get one chance. In cinema, retakes are possible but in theatre, there are none.
Some people just come to a rally to see the stars. But some do take us seriously. They have been watching us on the screen and they know the conviction that goes into our acting.
Indoreans are not only welcoming, but very homely.
Quality cinema is not changing anything, everything is the same. The artistes and other people involved in these films get some recognition at international film festivals and award shows only.
The Gujarat model laced with the Godhra stink is a model of hatred that has taken 2,000 lives, while the Congress model has given 83 flagship programmes and scores of people living below the poverty line have been brought under the Food Security Act.
One doesn’t have to resort to cheap imitations of characters or people around you to make others laugh. At least, that is what I’ve always believed in.
Congress is a party whose both hands are with the common people.
I have toured with the likes of Laxmikant-Pyarelal and performed in places like U.S., Canada, and Europe.
I got busy with films and found it difficult to devote time to theatre.
The stage is one place where you come face to face with your audience, unlike cinemas where you cannot see the applause or the booing by the audience.
Theatre gives you an altogether different kind of thrill which every actor who wants to grow must try.
I feel rejuvenated every time I perform on stage.
When I was in film institute, stage plays were compulsory part of our training.
I think film promotion has become really important in today’s time. PM Narendra Modi also felt the need to do campaigning. If he doesn’t do that, then nobody will give vote to him.
Bimal Roy never kept comedy out of the story line.
Like Dilip Kumar, I’ve never run after money but only after good roles and that’s why have always rebelled against those directors who wanted me to do buffoonery in the name of comedy.
Every actor tries to come to Broadway be it Richard Burton, Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor or Shirley McClain.
The other political parties are either in alliances or are formed with the collaborations of one or two different parties, but the Congress is different.
I am glad that actors like Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan are doing justice to comedy. But in our days, nobody could beat Sunil Dutt and Amitabh Bachchan.
If you publish Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography, no one will read it but if it’s Madhuri Dixit’s or Madhubala’s autobiography people will come and read it.
Jaya Prada was thrown out of TDP by Chandrababu Naidu which is why she came to Samajwadi Party. She knows even less of Rampur than she does of Andhra Pradesh.
I had always thought that Gurgaon was some village, it was only when I came here that I realized that it is nothing less than a world-class city.
I was studying in Jaipur when All India Radio was inaugurated. As a child artiste, I participated and was selected for a children’s programme.
I came to Bombay and got my first big break in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s ‘Guddi.’
It is important for an actor to learn how to face a live audience.
I think time has changed a lot and you need to be presentable all the time. Social media has become really important and I feel some artistes must not be sleeping as they need to be visible all the time.
My institute days were the most enriching days of my life.
It is good that people are experimenting with cinema. They are trying to do serious and soulful cinema but such films don’t stay in theatres for over a week. People ultimately go and watch Salman, Shah Rukh and Amir Khan films.
There was never a conscious dream to enter films.
Comedy is very effortless.
Even great actors have to polish their skills and rejuvenate.
It is the same actor in theatre and cinema, just the technique of acting changes.
I always fought against vulgarity, double meaning dialogues and wearing la’dies’ clothes.
I have never seen any BJP leader going to jail during the freedom struggle; it was only Congressmen who sacrificed for this country.
The best of Johnny Lever’s films are ‘Baazigar,’ ‘Kareeb’ and ‘Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega.’ I just love his work in ‘Baazigar,’ where he plays a servant and tries to hammer a nail on a wall and is unsuccessful.
In a play you can witness your audience live, understand how they feel. It lets you evaluate yourself and measure your growth.
Politicians don’t laugh very often. That is their problem. Humour is very important in politics and I think the politicians should laugh more to get better results.
My grooming as an actor took place after working with top directors like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gulzar, BR Chopra and Shakti Samantha.
