Top 45 Suhasini Maniratnam Quotes

You need to understand the meaning of the dialogue to be able to convey it right. You need to know it to understand the nuances of the scene.

I would like to give one message: Live life light with a smile.

Not many people know that I turned down my husband’s first directorial, the Kannada film ‘Pallavi Anupallavi,’ something he still hasn’t forgiven me for.

Yes, my uncle wanted me to be a cinematographer and he was disappointed when I gave up that dream to become an actress.

When I’m acting, I’m a woman but when I am directing, I am an animal because I am very demanding.

Films are a fantastic medium and the huge impact they have cannot be denied.

When there is growth economically and in industry, I think there should be growth in information also.

The stories are being written by men, and it’s men who are directing it. As long as that continues, you won’t be seeing much change in the way women are portrayed in cinema.

I love the food of Karnataka and all the side dishes I make at home are recipes I learnt here.

Hasn’t everyone written a leave letter while at school? Or sent a text message? There is a writer in all of us.

When I am at home, I am there and when I’m shooting or doing any other thing, I concentrate on that.

I got a Best Actress award from the Kerala government when I was 24, and I got another one when I was 42. I was more thrilled when I got it for the second time.

I was born in a part of Tamil Nadu notorious for eliminating the girl child. I was the third daughter born to my parents and I have my mother to thank for deciding that I was not an unwanted child.

I have got lot of appreciation for my performances in many Kannada films. In fact, I got the best roles of my career in Kannada films.

I was 13 or 14 when I was brought from Paramakudi to Chennai by my uncle Kamal Haasan, and I lived under the care of my uncle and my grandparents.

I have been hooked to cinema since childhood. I am like a typical Indian villager who had no other source of entertainment while growing up.

Cinema by itself is a language.

There are about 250 curators in the world who keep their eyes open to choose films from around the globe for festivals. I am one of them.

When my son Nandan was in middle school, I had a fun way of doing his maths homework. I bought another set of mathematics books and both of us would sit side by side and start solving problems.

Anant Nag and Vishuvardhan sir are two of the best actors with whom I have worked.

When I see poverty around, it churns my heart.

Kannada was easy for me to learn because it’s casual and easy; no frills, unlike Tamil.

I think if an actor is not able to pronounce their own dialogues, no matter what language, you are not an actor.

If you are making a film for the first time, you have all the problems and fears. Yet, you have the freedom that you will never get in life.

How can anyone say no to be a part in a film like ‘Ramanujan?’

Vittorio De Sica’s ‘Bicycle Thieves’ changed my very idea of cinema.

An actor is a thinking person.

My parents and their well-being comes before my work.

Direction gives me happiness and acting gives me peace.

All art cinema is not great; some of the films can put you to sleep.

On the first day of my shoot for ‘School Master,’ I was feeling a little uneasy because I had to travel a lot. I was feeling a little sleepy too. After the completion of each shot, I would go for a small nap.

I only like non-fiction. After 30 pages of fiction, I think: what nonsense are they trying to write.

I have seen a lot of people who are affected by HIV. When I see that there is industrial growth on one side but there is not awareness on the other side, it breaks my heart.

I don’t believe in multitasking. I rather believe in doing one thing at a time.

I don’t get bored of life. I always find things that excite me.

The more women grow economically, there will be more allegations against them. If they don’t grow, if they are quiet, nobody is going to find fault with them.

I have a long time association with Prince jewellery and the only piece of jewellery I wore for my wedding was designed by them.

Raja Ravi Varma was one of the few Indians who not only understood women but also represented them exquisitely in a single dimension within four frames, infusing each painting with life through the use of color.

We south Indians are clannish and comfortable about our languages.

The business of looking good is very difficult. This has often made me consider retirement from films.

I think as film actors we are comfortable on stage because we know what the audience expects. The only tricky part is to remember the lines and that body language is key, which is something we tend to forget after years of acting in front of a camera.

I stay in Chennai but my heart is beating for Kannada films.

Often our onscreen personas are different from who we are. Actors like Kamal Haasan, who is such a genius, has never played a role close to what he is in real life.

The Indian film industry has a condescending attitude towards its fans without actually intending to. They want to explain everything, leaving very little to the filmgoers’ imagination.

There are few teachers from the film industry to guide newcomers. One can see a gap between the film industry and those teaching at film schools.