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I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.
I think Bollywood stars should stay away from independent music videos because this is our most personal and direct way of connecting with our listeners.
I have fulfilled all my dreams in Bollywood. Now I have to find new dreams for Bollywood before I strike again.
Bollywood helps in enabling a platform for many artistes.
Since ‘Qismat’ did well independently, it was embraced by Bollywood.
To convince another part of the world that Bollywood is not just jokers who break into song and dance was very difficult. I’m literally ploughing the ground and making people understand that Indian actors are not a joke.
I have never thought about creating an image for myself in Bollywood. I am an actor and just want to experiment with roles. I am ready to do all type of roles.
In a big Bollywood romantic film, taking my shirt off and spreading the hand towards the mountain with dancers behind me are not my cup of tea.
There is nothing else is India which is as popular as Bollywood. Look at Indian classical music, how big and how respected it is in the West, but here in India, no one is interested.
It’s easy to say that he/she is a star kid and has had it easy in Bollywood, but being a star kid is the real pressure. You have to undergo a lot of pressure, as you are being constantly compared to your parents.
‘Daddy’ is an amazing Bollywood debut for me. I don’t play a typical Bollywood heroine. It’s a performance-oriented role.
I don’t have any background in the industry, nobody in my family or friends. So entering into the industry and dealing with the concept of being a Bollywood music composer was daunting initially.
In Bollywood you are constantly singing someone else’s feelings and someone else’s vision.
I am not an established name in Bollywood and hence I can’t call the shots. In Kolkata, I have proved myself and am in a position in the industry where directors and producers easily listen to me.
In Bollywood, better the body you have, the brighter are your chances of bagging roles.
When I perform in north India, I have a set of songs, and when I am in the south, I tend to prepare a playlist of Tamil songs along with Bollywood numbers. As a performer, I feel the pulse of the people!
Because Bollywood reflects society, we are all living in a society. We are not a special entity. So whatever prejudices society has for us, we carry into the films.
I have never made statements like, ‘I’m quitting TV’ or ‘I’m quitting Bollywood.’ I have always wanted to strike a balance between the two.
When my first album came out, it wasn’t Bollywood. The love that I received from people was everything, and it still is everything for me.
I have been very selective in the South because I was always offered the biggest films. In Bollywood, things are different because multi-starrers are a norm. All big heroines are happy to be part of a big movie.
In Bollywood, birthday celebrations are usual and very carefree.
I find the working pattern to be the same in Bollywood as well as Tollywood. Especially because most directors of photography from the Telugu industry operate in Bollywood, too.
Bollywood is huge. Anything that’s made in large quantity will evidently overshadow others. But that won’t stop artistes from making albums. A person who has faith in his music will go ahead.
There is no denying the fact that we live in a patriarchal society, and Bollywood is a patriarchal industry for sure. And it is not too fond of women with opinions.
I never really thought I would be a Bollywood actress. However, I am a drama queen at home, so I guess Bollywood was bound to happen someday or the other.
I think you should do Bollywood once you are all into your own market. Doing a Bollywood song for a particular actor or producer, you should be known in the world outside of Bollywood music.
Somehow, in Bollywood I have always been offered comic roles. However, I am being looked at differently when it comes to movies being made in the West.
I was glad to know that ‘Caravan’ was one of the first movies from Bollywood that was loved by the Chinese audience.
I have grown up watching Bollywood films, watching Shah Rukh Khan’s films. I am happy that I worked with him.
There are many singers who have got an exceptional talent, but spend their lives singing in local trains or hotels. Does the country even know who they are? Music in India is restricted only to Bollywood. Whoever manages to make a mark there is remembered. The ones who fail to reach and make it big there are forgotten.
I’m trying to strike a balance between Bollywood and Hollywood.
Comparing Bollywood and Hollywood is like comparing America’s market, roads and economy to ours.
Maybe I am not destined to be part of movies. I feel that one needs to be connected in Bollywood, because, for outsiders, if the first film doesn’t work, no one gives them a second chance.
Industries only vary in scale and not in content, so I was never star-struck about Bollywood. However, I am fortunate to make it to Hindi because several people aspire to be a part of this industry.
I believe in myself, and that’s why I take criticism. You need to be very strong to survive in Bollywood. If someone calls me a bad actress, I won’t live with it but will work towards improving myself.
Who does not want to work in Bollywood?
Working in Bollywood is like gambling, you cannot plan in advance.
I don’t think anyone can make it in Bollywood without talent and hard work and it applies to all fields.
‘Sanam Teri Kasam’ wasn’t the first Bollywood project offered to me. I was offered other projects with more established actors, but I always knew that I could easily be seen as just eye-candy.
Bollywood is getting bigger and better.
In India, thousands of people want to be in the movies because Bollywood plays such a huge role in our lives.
Bollywood is a business more than an art industry. One has to play the game others play to carve your own path.
I did not have any roadmap for entering Bollywood.
‘The Xpose’ was just an experiment, a small step into Bollywood. It wasn’t my acting debut, as reported in Mumbai. I’ve done a couple of Punjabi films.
In Bollywood, once an actor becomes a fairly established name, he or she usually starts taking things for granted.
I don’t think you can force a moral opinion or you can force something through a Bollywood film.
I need to focus on other things before I carry on in Bollywood. I can’t be doing what I’ve done in ‘Lungi Dance’ and now the song ‘Party With Bhootnath’ with Bachchan over and over again. I’ve to reinvent myself for Bollywood.
I love the fact that Bollywood is getting so much more globalised. Instead of us looking out there, people are looking to India and coming to us!
Bollywood is a strange world.
Though I used to do a lot of stage shows in my childhood and college, but never thought that it would turn into a career. I had no connection with Bollywood.
Our Bollywood industry works in such a way that when an actor is seen in a gangster’s role, he is offered similar roles.
Bollywood looks only at the box office numbers. If the film earns money, it is usually because of the hero and the director. It is about Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan.
To be successful in Bollywood, one needs a certain body type.
I am the first one in my family to become a part of Bollywood.
I am not saying one is better than the other. I enjoy both. But Hollywood is far more organised than Bollywood.
When I entered Bollywood, I didn’t have any advantage over anyone. I didn’t know how to act, I was not from the industry, I didn’t know the language, and I didn’t know how to dance. So, whatever films I was getting, I was just taking them up.
I don’t want to be a top Bollywood actress. That’s not what is driving me.
My dream is to take the Indian independent music scene to an international level. People like Alisha Chinai, Baba Sehgal and Daler Mehndi took it to a very high level. My ultimate target is to win a Grammy. I don’t want to primarily be a Bollywood playback singer.
It’s very tough for someone who doesn’t have a filmi background to get work in Bollywood. It’s not a smooth ride unless you are really lucky. But I think one has to be prepared for that.
The power of Bollywood is undeniable. When a celebrity wears your clothes, it sells out – stars here can make you a household name.
Bollywood is very structured and organised, but Kollywood and Tollywood can be quite spontaneous, and I enjoy that.
I have been training under Melvin Louis and Dimple Kotecha. They’re very different people and their styles and training procedures are also different. Melvin is more into the improvised version, he mixes hip-hop, street style, Bollywood etc. He is more into the madness and gives me the freedom to try my own thing.
My understanding of films was just as much as any young girl who watches Bollywood films. I had no idea about the whole process of filmmaking, about dialogue writing, scripts, screenplay etc. I had probably gone to two or three film shoots in my childhood.
In Bollywood, it’s always feast or famine for an actress. That’s the way of the game.
I don’t look at it as Hollywood or Bollywood, but, of course, my roots are here, and at the end of the day, it’s about your roots. You can’t take India out of me.
My sabbatical from Bollywood was a conscious decision. I was never in the rat race.
I am neither going to Bollywood nor joining politics.
It is great to see Bollywood celebrities contributing to so many different trends in so many different ways. I think this is one of the reasons that people associate with Bollywood glamour.
If you’ve made it big in Bollywood, such as Kareena Kapoor Khan and Katrina Kaif, and then you do an item song, it becomes a ‘guest appearance.’ That’s how it works. Sadly, that’s the attitude of our Hindi film industry.
I feel that Miss India is a stepping stone for anything you want to do, not just Bollywood.
As much as I’m happy, I know it’s not going to be easy in Bollywood.
There’s no set formula of success in Bollywood and one needs to be constantly in touch with the casting directors to get hold of the right opportunities.
Music, for me, is vital. Punjabi, Bollywood, Sufi, RnB… I listen to it all. When I’m not listening to music, you will find me chatting with friends. Off the field, I just let my instincts take over. I certainly don’t think about batting, or which bowlers I’m going to face.
Punjabi songs have been a rage in Bollywood since a very long time. The lyrics’ beat and the meaning behind them give an emotional touch to their lives and connects with youth.
Kollywood allots big budget only for commercial films. Bollywood film industry is straightforward that way. When compared to Bollywood, Kollywood is fake. They keep churning out the same films.
My first preference is Bollywood and will always be.
I want to do Hindi films, but a proper one and a good production. I’m even open to multi-starrers because those work better in Bollywood. But it should be with only Bollywood technicians, not the South Indian team. There’s no point to my going to Bollywood if I work with the same artistes and technicians.
Like in any other field, nepotism does exist in Bollywood. In certain families, one can see several generations of doctors or engineers, but all of this doesn’t matter much; if you are passionate enough, you will be able to create a niche for yourself in whichever field you are working for.
Because of what I did in Punjabi cinema, I have got offers in Bollywood.
‘Sanam Teri Kasam’ is definitely my best Bollywood debut.
I got good offers from Bollywood because I can speak Hindi very well.
‘Race’ is one of the most successful film franchises in Bollywood. So I was really excited and honoured on being approached for the film. But since I was already committed to another film during the same time as the makers are planning to shoot ‘Race 3,’ things eventually didn’t work out, unfortunately.
I think I am feeling comfortable in Bollywood more than in Hollywood because I have spent more time here now and I am understanding a lot of things. I am feeling pretty good here. I really don’t plan on running off anywhere.
A Bollywood hero, for most people, has been a Raj, a Rahul or a Prem… it’s now a part of the psyche.
A.K. Hangal has worked with so many Bollywood personalities. In fact, during his good times he worked with A-listers of the industry and it was so disappointing to see none of them turned up for his funeral.
There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema, are exploring some really bold themes.
I thought that I should do Marathi cinema as I knew that there I would be able to explore different subjects. But I also need the money and acting is my bread and butter. So I started doing Bollywood films merely for money.
When my bank balance runs low, then I sign a big Bollywood monstrous movie, and I make sure that I am safe for the next few years.
I love doing movies that are content-driven, but at the same time, I would love to dance around trees and do those things that are typical to Bollywood. I have grown up watching such films and I would love to be a part of them.
The Bollywood distribution system is so corrupt that they have trouble making money off movies. So they sell shoes that an actress stepped in. If they turned up the amps some, maybe they could sell the actresses.
I don’t want to go to Bollywood just to prove I’ve worked there.
Bollywood is an industry that is closer to making more entertainment-based films than anything else because people here are bothered about money.
Theatre reminds me of Bollywood.
As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After a few minutes watching a bunch of sari-clad dancers cavorting on a Swiss mountain to tuneless music, I would switch over to some proper drama about housing estates and single mothers.
Honestly, I was always very keen on acting in the South Indian films. I think people here have a notion that Bollywood actresses aren’t keen on doing films here but let me tell you, we are.
In Bollywood, on an average, movies are made in six months or a year, but Puri completed ‘Loafer’ in two months.
When you make the biggest film in the history of Bollywood, ‘Ra.One,’ and get so much flak, it drains you… haunts you for years.
I am very much open to Bollywood and would love to work in great stories.
There are many outsiders in Bollywood and you’ll find people from different parts of the world and cultures coming together.
My background is from India, and I always get asked, ‘When are you going to do an Indian film, a musical or Bollywood film?’
There are massive camps in Bollywood. I never belonged to any camps, but I think it was a wrong move. I should have had. It affects your career. It’s one big family.
My biggest pride is that Bollywood called me because of my work in Bengal.
I loved ‘Highway.’ It was amazing. I have watched Imtiaz Ali’s other films, too, and he is one of my favourite Bollywood directors, besides Vishal Bhardwaj and Mani Ratnam.
Going the bold way somehow has a very negative connotation in Bollywood.
I would love to work in a Bollywood film as there is so much drama and colour in the films there.
It’s been eight years now that I have been working in Bollywood and have done everything – from item songs to character roles to reality shows.
In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn’t happen with me.
Ultimately it’s just music – whether I’m catering to the Bollywood audience or the indie audience. I just approach every type of music the way I am, and how my personality is.
Dilip Kumar was the only Bollywood hero who could make a girl shiver just by looking at her. If you don’t believe it, ask your mom!
The Harvey Weinstein scandal was a clear indicator of the situation in Hollywood, and I cannot say that it doesn’t happen in Bollywood.
I always say: you’re not going to find Hollywood. Hollywood will find you! But I’m ready for it: for Hollywood, for Bollywood, for everything!
The reality television shows are a big hit with the masses with their Bollywood songs. Even if these TV shows are scripted, people are watching them.
We know so many people who have gone into the family business even when they had no interest in it because that was the easiest choice. I feel this is a huge debate in India because it applies to every field and not just Bollywood.
I didn’t even plan Bollywood! I did my first film just to experience something new, and not start a career!
I agree that when you sing for Bollywood, the reach is bigger. But I don’t want to concentrate on any industry in particular.
In fact, the Bengali film industry is becoming more balanced between creativity and commercialization. And if Bollywood can remake south Indian and Hollywood films, why can’t we do so!
When Punjabis all over the world admired my work, there was buzz in Bollywood as well.
People don’t think music to be a reliable source of income or career, which I will agree, in a way, because Bollywood is a very risky place to be in.
Bollywood directors are like cricketers where in one match you score a century, and in the next match, you are out for a duck! Moreover, very few directors are consistent in Bollywood.
If I am meant to do a Bollywood film, I will get it. If not, I won’t. I really don’t differentiate between industries. As long as I get roles that give me a high, I enjoy it.
I have no plans to quit south films and come to Bollywood.
When my first album came out, it wasn’t Bollywood.
As you know, before entering the glamorous world of Bollywood, I was into theatre, where I played varied roles, from a lover boy to a servant.
I have done a lot of work in Bollywood over the years as an actor and director. I now want to pursue projects that will give me a global profile.
Bollywood is a dream come true for me and I am not going to take anything for granted, that’s for sure.
There are a lot of talented Punjabi singers in Bollywood and we are also using a lot of Punjabi songs and reprise versions of these songs in our films and I have also sung quite a few of them.
When I had entered Bollywood, I had decided that in the first decade of my career, I will do what others ask me to do, and in the next decade, I will do what I want.
Bollywood, no doubt, has a wider acclaim, and it feels top of the world to see people from all around the world dancing to my songs.
Of course, I’d love to do Bollywood.
If evil wins in a Bollywood film, it is bound to flop. A lot of people here want to change society, so they like to read about it being changed. And that means good usually triumphs.
People used to think I am wearing turban so maybe I won’t act. Then Bollywood happened. So on its own things have happened in my career.
I stopped working in Bollywood because I was getting the same kind of work.
India uses Bollywood, rather cinema, to tell its stories. It is one of the largest filmmaking nations in the world and so your talents get to tell stories about politics, love and drama through films.
Sportsmen do not need Bollywood or film industry; they do not need publicity: it could be the other way round.
I’m excited to work in Bollywood, but I want to be part of meaningful projects.
If I were a star kid, I wouldn’t have tried so many things. I would have done theatre and directly joined movies. I did radio and TV shows because I had to carve my own way. Outsiders like me have to reach Bollywood through modelling, theatre, or radio.
I am not going to disconnect from Bollywood or sacrifice my career in the industry for international projects. Everything began here, and I respect that.
I don’t listen to Bollywood music much. But yes, I listen to Indian music quite often, and other non- film music.
As an artist, I am for non-film music as well. I want that to shine as much as Bollywood.
I haven’t faced a casting couch in the South or Bollywood. But yes, I have faced my share of harassment in both industries. I don’t have the guts to name them because they are powerful people – men and women who made sure I felt helpless.
Bollywood works as hard as regional cinema makers.
As far as I am getting interesting projects to work in, it doesn’t matter whether it’s Bollywood, South or Gujarati. The script is the hero for me.
I love music, and can dance on the desi beats. Punjabi music is my favourite. I listen to artists like Honey Singh. I love his music. I also love watching Bollywood films.
The kind of songs I sing have been existing in Bollywood music since a long time. In fact, the reason my music is so popular amongst the millions of youth is because I sing in their own language, in their own slang, and about their lives.
I began working in Gujarati movies and I got noticed by many in Bollywood. It has been organic growth.
Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
I am proud of the fact that I am the first South Indian director who has been accepted by Bollywood wholeheartedly.
Bollywood marketing is larger-than-life. Honestly, it amuses me.
You could become an overnight star in Bollywood with just single hit, but your fate would change with a single flop. That’s why I do not derive satisfaction however much name I earn for myself in Bollywood.
You want to do a lot as an artist, and Bollywood does not always give you that freedom.
I don’t think Bollywood is my ultimate destination; I believe it’s a part of my journey.
There are only two kinds of roles that work in Bollywood, the sexy and the glamorous kind.
If I get good Bollywood offers, I would love to act.
I am a totally private person. I don’t go to Bollywood parties.
I don’t have newspapers in my house. I have a news application which only gives me important news, no Bollywood. So even if there is some report about me, I don’t know.
I do good work in Pakistan. I am an A-lister actor. So, even in Bollywood I want to work with an A-lister.
I know a Bollywood actress’ tenure is limited.
I am glad that critics and filmmakers liked my work, and I have been warmly welcomed in Bollywood.
I am not interested to sing in Bollywood. I sing for only those actors whom I admire. I sing free of cost for them. I want to take independent music ahead, and my songs are completely based on my observations.
Bollywood actors are so set in what they want, and the way they want it. And why shouldn’t they be? But it is not the same in Hollywood, because the love of the audience is not the same.
I am very happy that in the second year of my acting career in Bollywood I got to do a biopic.
I don’t want to be a part of any Bollywood movie.
Actually, it’s the beauty of independent music that the artist can feature in his own videos and be the face of it. It is unlike Bollywood movies, where one does playback singing.
Believe me when you are part of the Bollywood world, you are always under the dark clouds of stress as work life is very unpredictable here and competition keeps getting hard with every passing day.
My journey in Bollywood has been quite filmy, as it includes sleeping on railway platforms to teaching dance for a living. The journey has taught me a lot, and I am very grateful that all that happened with me. It helped me in becoming a more stronger man.
I have become limitless and stronger. You don’t need that attitude to survive in Bollywood, but when you are doing a film like ‘Raaz,’ you can’t go on set with inhibitions.
The fact is I’ve always been such a big Bollywood fan, from the time I was very young. I remember I’d watch new Bollywood films every Thursday night on a video cassette.
I was 19 when I made my Bollywood debut with ‘Ekk Deewana Tha,’ and all alone in Mumbai. I would be easily affected by all that was said or written about me.
We are always larger than life because we come from this mentality that since we are a very poor nation, we need an escapist cinema to take us out of our miseries. And that’s where Bollywood comes from.
I can’t run away from my prior commitments in Tollywood just because I have an offer from Bollywood.
I came to Mumbai to participate in a dance reality show and thought that could be my ticket to Bollywood. Gradually, I discovered that acting is what I am more passionate about and that passion has helped my boat sail.
I feel that if Bollywood singers focus on non-film music as well… like this EP ‘Naina,’ which has songs sung by Sonu Nigam and Devender Pal Singh, it is really good.
I can’t be diplomatic or compromise or take crap from people, so I’d probably make an exit way before I even made a proper entry into Bollywood.
I love Bollywood films, but I have been trained in independent cinema.
There is so much talent in the country, and not all of that necessarily is confined to Bollywood. There are some great musicians from the independent music scenario in India making some great music.
I started doing modeling and continued for good three to four months and then I started getting Kannada movies. Then I realized that I really want to try getting into acting. A lot of people started saying that have ‘I have a Bollywood face.’
It’s not that I am not being offered work in Bollywood but I seldom like any script.
Travelling has always been my passion and also an integral part of my profession, lovingly known as Bollywood.
I don’t even miss Bollywood because I was getting to do some amazing work in the regional industry.
If there is place for music that I do in Bollywood, then I would surely like to sing a song in a Hindi film.
Bollywood is just one of the industries I am working in. I have sung in other languages and for ad jingles too.
Bollywood is a cinema of vibrant contradictions, which works when it seems it shouldn’t.
If I can still have Hollywood and a piece of Bollywood, I will take it.
We considered a few Bollywood actors as well for the villain role in ‘Jigarthanda,’ but we finally zeroed in on Simha because we felt he would be the most unexpected person to play it. Had we cast someone popular, then it would have become predictable.
It’s scary to imagine yourself failing. But I do know that in Bollywood, every Friday changes your destiny, and unfortunately, every Friday also changes the way people look at you.
I like the nexus of Bollywood and Hollywood. I’m actually shocked that there isn’t more of a meld between our two industries.
I always look for innovative casting and that’s why I seek directors, whether in Bollywood or regional films, who are keen to make something different.
Before ever meeting Priyanka Chopra, I had heard her name coming out of Bollywood and was impressed: she was beautiful, talented, had made nearly 50 movies, earned multiple awards – a massive star.
I never went and searched for a Bollywood film. It just happened naturally… it was a natural course.
I don’t think that I will say that we are less talented in Bollywood, but our functioning is different. We cater to a different kind of audience.
‘Kalyug’ and ‘A Passage to India’ did get me a lot of recognition and acclamation. But for some reason I stopped getting offers from Bollywood after that.
I don’t think telly actors are inferior to Bollywood stars in any way.
I am not a part of Bollywood. Nobody cares about me in Bollywood and I have mentally resigned from Bollywood long ago. I am an independent filmmaker.
At the time when I was at the peak of my career in Bollywood, we never had social media to give us a direct sense of our popularity, the excitement among fans and their appreciation.
I so hate the term Bollywood. I know it’s become synonymous with the industry but really we are ‘Indian cinema.’
I won’t say there aren’t ‘smart’ roles for women, but the variety is limited. I feel the real representation is not widely available in Bollywood.
If I can do anything to help Bollywood by being in politics, I think it’s worth my while.
I’m very talkative and I’m very chatty but, you know, you can’t exactly with Imran Khan. You can’t discuss the colour of the curtains; you can only talk politics. You cannot exactly discuss Bollywood films with him. God knows I tried.
There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.
I was never desperate to work in Bollywood though I aspired to do a movie across the border but only if I was offered a strong character and a main lead.
IPL is a T20 franchise tournament combining cricket and Bollywood to offer entertainment.
Raashi is a lovely co-star, and we’re having so much fun working together. We were talking about how our careers in Bollywood were launched by John Abraham.
I would be stupid to say no to Bollywood. It is the biggest film industry in our country.
I can never forget Sridevi’s determination to make it big in Bollywood.
Singers are definitely getting their due in Bollywood. I feel that music composers, on the other hand, tend to lose out on the popularity, fame, and success that singers usually enjoy.
I mean… yes, I have sung some really nice songs in Bollywood, and I have been lucky to sing them, but I am happy with the independent music space that I have created so far.
I want to do masala movies. I love the Bollywood films that we are known for. I love the whole song and dance act.
I spent half my life in a boarding school where we were shown only the sporadic wholesome classic like ‘The Sound Of Music.’ So, I am not familiar with most of the works of the acting greats in Bollywood, Hollywood, or Tamil-Telugu cinema.
I am definitely interested in doing films in Bollywood. And not only in Hindi – I am open to working anywhere in the country, even if it is Punjabi.
I am greedy for both Hollywood and Bollywood. For me, Bollywood is not new, as it is something that I grow up on… I know the plot… stories and characters that are written and made. I haven’t got the right opportunity to show my work in Bollywood.
I think there is an immense charm and humanity about the Bollywood structure, probably in the way there was about Hollywood film in the ’30s and ’40s. Somehow they were less distracted about hardware, and more about production values and people, you know?
In South India, the audience is more traditional than the Bollywood cine-goers.
Bollywood is not a stepping stone to the West. I am extremely picky and in no hurry to sign a Hollywood film. I am only greedy for great roles; language and country is no barrier. And yes, I’ll always be a Hindi film star first.
I had a very good experience while working in regional films. I have been very fortunate that way. There is no doubt that the South Indian film industry is very much at par with Bollywood.
When I think of Bollywood dance, I think of choreographies from the ’70s and ’80s. That was true Bollywood, what is now known as old school Bollywood.
Acting is closed and ‘Dabanng’ will be my last film as an actor in Bollywood. I don’t know, it does not excite me anymore and I have always believed I am a limited actor.
I listen to jazz, Western classical, contemporary, Bollywood and heavy metal.
I’d love to do a romantic comedy. And perhaps, if the character was right and I had a good gut instinct, a Bollywood movie. And I’d love to direct. One day. I’m learning a lot on the set of ‘The Good Wife.’
Patience is the name of the game in Bollywood.
India should not have any ties with Pakistan, be it Bollywood or cricket. I am shocked that Bollywood is saying that cricket and movies should be kept ahead of national sentiments.
I did not have any Bollywood connection and it was difficult to find a footing in the industry. But I was pleasantly surprised when Red Chillies hired a newcomer like me.
I like Telugu movies, then comes Bollywood and then English movies. In Tollywood, I like Mahesh Babu and Prabhas. But no, I don’t watch all their movies. I first find out if the movie is nice. If it’s a flop, I don’t watch it.
I know, in India, specially in Bollywood and the sports fraternity, there is a lot of negative media attention on prominent public figures.
I know I’m not the consummate Bollywood heroine. But I’m working hard on it.
Acting happened to me by chance. Even I’m surprised how a man from a small village, Belsand, in Gopalganj district has reached Bollywood.
I was part of the Bollywood film ‘Strikers,’ which I would call a niche film.
I want to be a part of content-driven films, not just the mainstream Bollywood type of movies.
I had started with Bollywood and then I shifted to Bhojpuri films to create my own identity there.
The idea of being associated with Bollywood prompted me to get into DVD distribution.
Several southern actors are coming to Mumbai. Likewise, many Bollywood actors are appearing down South or borrowing ideas from southern films.
The main reason I didn’t work in Bollywood was due to the tremendous pressure on me in Bengal.
Bollywood is a different ballgame. I am quite used to Tamil and Telugu films.
The top Bengali directors in Bollywood know about me and the work that I have done. I have worked with everyone, from Anurag Basu, Pradeep Sarkar to Shoojit Sircar.
Horror comedy – very rare in Bollywood.
Bollywood movies ignore screenplay, if you notice whichever movie is a hit has an interesting screenplay.
My mom and I never thought that I would make my way into Bollywood. I was happy doing films down south.
I’m not that familiar with bhangra or Bollywood music. Maybe it’s just a reaction that kids have, that you don’t really listen to stuff your parents listened to. I didn’t think it was cool.
There are cliques in Bollywood, and people stick together, but I have always tried to stick to my work. As an industry, Bollywood is very competitive, and I’m very competitive as a person, but I’ve never been a part of any clique, and I’ve always worked with all actors and directors, all camps.
I started my journey in Bollywood with a Rajkumar Santoshi film. Then I worked with noted directors like J P Dutta, Prakash Jha and Ketan Mehta.
There are quality films being made in all languages, whether in Hindi cinema, Bengali or the south. Bollywood doesn’t represent Indian cinema, per say.
In Bollywood, they’ve got their systems in place. It’s a monster machine that’s churning out, like, 400 films a year, consistently. They’re able to efficiently process things.
Things work very differently in Bollywood. There is a lot of camping there.
In India we are creating mainstream hip hop music, than what real rap music is. The lyrics aren’t that personal, since most of the music is catering to Bollywood. It’s just trivial. It’s a fashion here.
I was very sure I did not want to be the stereotype of what Indian people are seen as, which is Bollywood and henna. That’s all great! It’s what we are, and I love it. I love saris; I love music. I love henna; I love dancing, but that’s not all we are.
Unfortunately in Bollywood, if your film is a flop, your acting is considered flop too.
In South, the actresses are expected to be fuller, unlike Bollywood. The sensibilities are totally different.
If you look good, you can act in a Bollywood movie, you don’t have to be able to act; and Aishwarya Rai is a great example of this. She is a beautiful woman… You look at her, I want to look at her. Damn, she is fine; but stop acting or stop trying to act.
I am interested in Bollywood. Everyone wants to do bigger and better work. I also want to do good work.
Bollywood is a great place. You can expect support for award ceremonies, weddings, and funerals.
Nepotism exists – not just in Bollywood but in every profession in India.
I do not wish to do usual things like Bollywood songs or so.
If one tries to expose the Harvey Weinsteins of Bollywood, some very big empires and icons will fall down. My nephew was a victim of one of those. But who will fight their muscle? You need many Kangana Ranauts for that.
I enjoy independent music, even more than Bollywood.
Bottom line is, off-beat film or commercial films, Tollywood or Bollywood, it’s the role that matters to me.
If Madhur Bhandarkar makes a movie tomorrow, people will expect him to do something like ‘Chandni Bar’ or ‘Corporate!’ Similarly, it takes time for filmmakers to break that stereotype and attempt something new – it is difficult for filmmakers to be versatile in Bollywood.
I’m a proud mainstream musician, but having said that, I do firmly believe there’s more to musical talent in India than just Bollywood.
I have not tried enough to be in Bollywood.
For Ananya, It’s Bollywood all the way. She was obsessed about it, I thought there was something wrong with her. She was good at academics, so I thought she would become a doctor like my both parents. But, when she got to class VI or so I knew she would be an actress.
For people that don’t know and haven’t seen a Bollywood film, you need to go and see one. They give you everything in one. They give you your comedy, your fear, your horror, your thriller, your rom-com. It’s everything in one.
Every time actors from down south do a Bollywood film, it is always looked at like, ‘Oh it must be a one time thing,’ or a stereotypical role.
Slowly and steadily I’m preparing myself for Bollywood and I can’t wait till I get an opportunity.
Sex is a must topic. Even every Bollywood movies has such highlighted content.
When Pakistan was carved out of India’s rib in 1947, it was assumed by some that Bollywood’s Muslim stars would defect to the new state and thus boost the Lahore film industry. But Lollywood did not happen.
I am not in Bollywood for item songs. I have to do some meaty roles and realistic films.
I look for roles where I can do justice, show people a side of Bollywood they haven’t seen before.
Bollywood is just amazing.
I’m dying to do a masala Bollywood film with typical song and dance. But having said that, my character in the film should have her own point of view. I won’t play a role who has no brains.
My father came from a chawl and became a top star in Bollywood and worked very hard for us. When I look at my dad, I feel very good that my papa did so much.
Having started with Bollywood and then moving to Telugu industry, I feel that it is not possible to survive without talent in any industry.
My parents were never into films, but I hope to make them proud with my work some day. In any case, in Bollywood, your surname matters only till your first, second, or third film at most. Beyond that, you are on your own.
People just never saw me beyond my looks. Being good looking sometimes works against you in Bollywood.
Action was something I really wanted to do and will continue doing it in future as well, but at the same time, I know dancing and songs are huge part of Bollywood, and it will be my top priority to excel in that.
A film in Bollywood was truly unexpected.
With the kind of money Bollywood directors have, they can at least add drama, gloss and glamour to their films, even if the stories are uninspiring and run-of-the-mill.
I’ve grown up with Bollywood, and I continue to enjoy it. But boxing remains my passion.
I would love to work in Bollywood.
I want to thank Bollywood for accepting me and loving me the way I am and my songs. Bollywood has given me the reach.
I was told ‘You should just do commercials and Bollywood’ and Bollywood would be said to me like it’s a bad thing.
In daily life, there are times when people are happy to talk about problems, but when the society is troubled by something, there is never a larger platform for discussion. Bollywood is religion in our country and that is the best place where you can place those questions on the table.
I have a lot of friends in the Australian cricket team, and they have told me a lot about India. Brett Lee was telling me about the food and Bollywood. I am the kind of person who likes to embrace the culture of a place, and I really want to travel and see the various temples around the country.
I am pleased about making a comeback in Bollywood, but then I really cannot think about leaving South Indian cinema. Whatever I am today is because of South films, and I cannot give up on that.
I started out as a pop singer, then pop died down, and I had to dig my feet into Bollywood which is not something I wanted actually.
It isn’t easy to break into Bollywood. But that’s not my goal.
Making my presence felt in Bollywood was one hell of a journey.
Hindi commercial cinema has denigrated women. We owe a debt of ingratitude to Bollywood for having insidiously polluted our culture covertly.
If you look at the success rate of Punjabi film industry, we stand strongly ahead of Bollywood even.
I’ve worked with the likes of Ram Gopal Varma in ‘Rakhta Charitra’ and Mani Ratman in ‘Raavan’ – both these films released in Hindi as well. You need to have something substantial to make a mark in Bollywood and these movies gave me strong characters.
My South Indian audience matters to me a lot, so I like when they watch my Bollywood films. It feels great.
Young audience, in the age group of 16-33 years, constitutes the main viewership of Bollywood films.
I think I’m close to lot of people in Bollywood, but I believe in evil eye, and I feel when I talk about friendships and relationships in public something somewhere goes wrong with it.
Innocence has died in Bollywood.
They want younger girls, not old ones like me, as heroines. This is the tragedy of Bollywood. It is male dominated.
Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.
Actors who are talented try to take a jump and start their career from Bollywood. But when they don’t get enough recognition, they come back to other options.
Bollywood stars are versatile; they not only act, but each one has the dance skills of John Travolta in ‘Saturday Night Fever.’
I started doing Bollywood and film music, and now, it has come to a point where I’ve started to say no. I want to do my own music. I have been there and done that, so I am not there to achieve that any more. I just want to put my music out there, and if people listen it, okay; if they don’t, then fine.
I entered Bollywood with a huge hit, but things didn’t really materialize like I wanted them to be.
In India, Bollywood music enjoys a mass appeal while independent/non-film music has a niche audience.
Whether it is ‘Pyar Ke Side Effects,’ ‘Mithya,’ ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla,’ ‘No smoking,’ all my films have been different from regular Bollywood movies.
Self-respect is the more important attribute than money and hence I am walking out of my debut Bollywood directorial venture ‘Laxmmi Bomb.’
I never thought of acting Bollywood. I have not seen many films.
I want dance to emerge as a field where people can feel proud of being a dancer and they shouldn’t feel the need to be a Bollywood actor.
Whether it’s Hollywood or Bollywood, sexual harassment is a reality. I’ve experienced it first-hand, and I know many of my counterparts have as well.
Bollywood is treating me well.
I went to the Actors Centre in Australia, but I never thought that I’d move to India, let alone be in Bollywood.
Shah Rukh Khan is an institution in himself. Like me, there are millions who adore and worship the Badshah of Bollywood. I’ve been a huge fan of him even before I decided to become an actor.
It seems that the ideal age for a Bollywood heroine is 24, which is great, but it would be nice to see some older women too on the big screen.
I have no interest that I go to India or go to Hollywood or Bollywood. I’m not interested. I am a social media sensation. This is what I like.
There are many Bollywood actresses who work in the South and speak Tamil or Malayalam, and though it is correct, we find it funny sometimes.
Sometimes, when I look at Bollywood, I think, Damn, this is dream stuff.’
Music is a very integral part of the film, but it will not be as full of music as a Bollywood film.
You never know when I might decide to work in a Bollywood film and do one of those dance numbers with the whole crew in the backdrop.
The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch and the books we read. It is woven into the Psalms of the Bible, the ballads of the Beatles and practically every Bollywood film ever made. What is that treasure? Love. Love is the nature of the Divine.
While Bollywood still remains my priority, I always wanted to do regional cinema. There are so many people who don’t know Hindi, so I decided to do regional films wherein even those who don’t know me can see my work.
Bollywood is a whole new ballgame.
Nepotism and outsiders are two sides of the same coin that is Bollywood. They both have to co-exist. Both have their share of struggles.
It is interesting to see how Bollywood music gels with waacking.
Just like Bollywood, reality TV runs in my blood.
Mainstream Bengali cinema unashamedly tries to copy Bollywood. They forget that they don’t have the kind of budgets that Hindi filmmakers have.
Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don’t care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don’t seek acceptance. I don’t need to live up to anybody’s expectations.
For me, it is very important to believe in the kind of movies I do. ‘Rang De Basanti’ made me feel good about Indian cinema. The movie instilled in me a confidence so strong, that I wanted to be a part of the revolution in Bollywood.
There are two aspects around which the dynamics of Bollywood revolve – chivalry and chauvinism.
Now I don’t have any wishes except Bollywood.
It’s so lovely to know that people who you would never think know about Bollywood, they know about Bollywood.
It’s very difficult to get recognized in Bollywood. There are so many talented singers and so much competition.
Bollywood is where I started from and learnt acting, whereas Bhojpuri cinema has got me superstardom. So, for me Bollywood is like a father and Bhojpuri cinema is my mother – there can’t be a choice.
Mainstream Bollywood music has fallen into some sort of a rut where melody, which was very important ’till the ’90s, is out of favor.
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ was as good or as bad any Bollywood film. If I had to rate it, I would give it just 5.5 points out of 10. Unlike others, I am not gung-ho about the film winning so many Oscars. Yes, I am happy that I was a part of the project, but I am yet to figure out why it got so many Oscars.
I’m not switching from Bollywood to the Malayalam film industry.
Bollywood is there; the film industry is thriving, and it’s huge, and it’s everywhere. Anytime I travel abroad and I say I’m an actor from India, they’re like, ‘Oh, Bollywood!’ And I say, ‘Umm, not yet!’
Singing for Bollywood films has an altogether different approach, as the industry has a wider reach. It has helped me reach parts of India which I didn’t know existed.
Even Bollywood films set in rural areas have music with a western touch. So, this has resulted in listeners losing touch with their cultural roots.
For a young, unexposed Nepalese girl, Bollywood was a terrifying experience.
It was only after moving to Mumbai that I was completely seduced by Bollywood.
I knew I wanted to be an actor but didn’t know how to go about it. That’s why my ambition, initially, was not to play a lead role in a Bollywood film.
Whenever someone asks me to name a dream hero or pair, I always end up getting Bollywood names in my mind.
There is certainly an economic disparity between Bollywood and the regional film industry.
When I look back, I remember how being a part of Bollywood was never the plan.
Bollywood is such a space where you get to work with so many genres. Genres being pushed isn’t the way of looking at it. In fact, I think Indie needs to be given a lot more focus or recognition.
I was very excited for 2020 since I had two Bollywood releases to look forward to but then the lockdown happened.
You need to see what kind of offers come your way. Just because it is Bollywood, doesn’t mean that you have to take it.
Speaking for myself, my career has been on the upswing ever since Debina came into my life. Some of the biggest superstars of Bollywood became successful after marriage.
It is my dream to be a Bollywood actor.
I was never feverishly pursuing Bollywood.
There were offers from a few Bollywood filmmakers, but I was sceptical as to whether those films will do justice to my vision or even my life. I was also apprehensive because what if I sign an agreement and give the rights to some filmmaker, and he shelves the project?
Fitness for me is a passion. Yes, my profession demands it, but that works more as motivation for me. And, like I get motivated by looking at pictures of Bollywood or Hollywood stars with fab bodies, I want others to take that motivation from me.
When I began my career, I used to say I was a Bollywood heroine.
Frankly speaking, I feel anyone who starts acting, be it in theater, TV, or even advertisements, is looking at Bollywood.
In Bollywood, people have been making movies for more than half a century and they are made in such a way that you need not shed off all your inhibitions.
Earlier Bollywood was a fly-by kind of business which few wished to be involved in. Now Bollywood is good business and everybody wants to be associated with films. This is definitely a very significant change that I have seen in Bollywood.
I wanted to look cute, hot and sexy all at the same time in ‘Bigg Boss!’ How else will the Bollywood producers cast me in their films as the lead actress?
I am too chill for Bollywood.
No leading lady in Bollywood has much to do in a film and I am no Kareena Kapoor who will have filmmakers write a ‘Heroine’ for me.
I have been trained for three years in Hindustani classical music. I keep humming and many Bollywood co-stars have been victimized by my relentless singing.
I love Bollywood as a viewer, but going in front of the camera and singing and dancing is not my thing.
I am a huge Bollywood fan, and my favourite actor of all time is Shah Rukh Khan.
When you’re doing your own music, it’s just you and your team. But when you go to sing someone else’s song – Bollywood or ad or even collaboration – they’ve lived with the tune for so long you have to go by their vision.
I love Bollywood, I love films, and I like to push myself, which motivates me to work harder.
People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.
I don’t know which other actor has done as many hot scenes as I have. I pretty much have the monopoly in the bed scene market in Bollywood.
Bollywood is a cancer.
My brothers live in Australia and don’t really know about Bollywood.
Once you begin shooting, Bollywood actors get totally involved in their roles, and that gives you an edge in getting what you want out of them.
I’m a bit of a shopaholic. I’ve been working in the Bollywood film industry since I was 17, and I have always been financially independent, but I think I would be useless looking after my own money.
There is no hit formula to make it big in Bollywood.
I wish that Bollywood weren’t so youth and beauty obsessed when it comes to women. I think it is very ‘under representative’ of women in their 30s.
Bollywood is a huge industry with a lot of competition and you always have to stay at the top of the game.
I’ve love the challenge of doing something new. Bollywood is magical.
Unfortunately Bollywood goes ga-ga over thin not fit bodies.
When I got to know about techniques, I realised there’s a lot more to dancing than Bollywood. Till then, I had thought choreography simply meant doing your own steps.
After all my hard work, I ventured into Bollywood with ‘Traffic,’ which is a remake of a Malayalam movie.
Mumbai was magical, which I was really surprised by, and I got an insight into the world of Bollywood while hanging out with some Bollywood film stars while there.
In Bollywood even a dog at times is more popular than us. The bottomline is money and if a dog is making the moolah for the producer/director who cares whether you are an Asrani or someone else.
I had heard that in Bollywood, one gets publicity without even asking for it. There are new rumours every day and the celebrities involved get disturbed.
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.
‘Bahubali’ is not about big budgets, big visuals, or massive marketing. If a hero, producer, and director in Bollywood can have that kind of trust, something even bigger than ‘Bahubali’ is possible.
I debuted in Bollywood without inhibitions, and I don’t want to develop any fears now. Nothing is more detrimental to an actor than the lack of total surrender.
The West is more organised, and they work according to a plan. That is one way of functioning, and I mean no disrespect to my country, because the way Bollywood functions works fine within our perimeters.
Not all Bollywood movies are made for the passion for it, they’re mostly made to make money.
In my opinion, sadly, the music industry doesn’t get its due in Bollywood.
I’ve watched all my brother’s films. But initially, I was sort of away from the whole Bollywood thing. But I’ve always supported bhai in whatever he did.
I’m not really interested in doing a Bollywood film.
Almost every second film today has a rehashed version of an old song. In fact, even non-filmi songs are now being rehashed and used in Bollywood films, which is a good thing. But I don’t want to be a part of that trend, not as a composer or as a singer.
I have made movies on education and dance, have directed and choreographed legends of Bollywood. Now, I want to make a movie on martial arts. I myself am a black belt, so I am looking forward to do something on this.
The audience loved ‘Aashiqui 2’. We are happy we could bring back the time of romance in Bollywood.
The amount of exposure you get in India as a musician in Bollywood is so much better than what one gets independently.
No. You can’t do that. We won’t let you go to Bollywood… ‘ This is the standard reaction of small town, middle class parents whenever their child expresses his or her desire to join the film industry.
I’m not avoiding the Tamil film industry because I’m making Hindi films. It’s just that I’m extremely busy with Bollywood commitments.
Only the Punjabi music industry has stood the test of time. Bollywood has finished the regional music industry of other languages, but the Punjabi music scene is still flourishing.
It’s good that Bollywood is changing and directors are trying out Pakistani singers as composers.
As for Bollywood, actors are no longer typecast there and I’m happy to be in that phase where the industry is evolving for the better.
I hadn’t grown up thinking that I have to be this big actress in Bollywood.
Bollywood? Me? No way.
I lived on an ashram in India at 12 and later I was a heroine in a Bollywood movie – I’m not telling you the name because I was terrible.
Everyone claims to have found the ‘Holy Grail’ – the perfect formula that can guarantee a hit in Bollywood. But those who seriously believe in it are deluded.
In fact, one of my good friends is an amazing Bollywood choreographer. She once asked me to perform in one of her shows in college. So, I have danced to the Bollywood music and it was great fun. It is tiring and requires a certain level of fitness.
I hate Bollywood. The movies are all garbage, just terrible. It’s my opinion; obviously, there are billions who like and love them. I don’t like all the singing, dancing and all the dramatic crying. I have never seen a Bollywood film in my life.
Kabir Khan is that rare director who manages to merge Bollywood formula with a good story.
Bollywood gives you an immense reach. The stars have a huge fan base. The amount spent on promoting a film is incredible. To be part of such productions, in some way or the other, is a blessing for any artiste.
There should be no cricket and Bollywood ties with Pakistan till Pakistan stops cross-border terrorism.
