Words matter. These are the best Mahesh Bhatt Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
With larger-than-life films, you are lifted from your mundane, ordinary life because you empathise with the hero, and people see themselves in him.
I am an absolute atheist.
I used to sleep with a little Ganesha under my pillow as a child; he was my favourite deity.
Without a good story, a franchise won’t work.
I would rather be stupid than pretend to be intelligent.
The real world is harsh.
I am what this country dreams of achieving: a perfect example of composite India.
The whole idea of ‘One size fits all’ is not going to work in India with a billion people.
‘Zakhm’ has no political agenda. But, it certainly says things as they are.
I have no worthwhile memories of my father, therefore no idea of what a father’s role should be.
My mother found herself in a triangular situation of my father and his legitimate wife. I experienced the emotional trauma of that triangle in my cradle.
‘Citylights’ is for those people who know a lot but don’t feel at all. It’s time for them to feel, and this film will make those people, who know so much, feel because feeling is the life blood of human race, which is disappearing.
Cinema now can’t be just about introspection and atma manthan; such topics won’t work.
A long and productive career in the world of films is bound to be checkered with success and failures. You cannot have one without the other; the only way not to make a flop is not to make a film.
The tragedy of India is that the Mahatma, who has numerous streets named after him and has had his statues put up everywhere, who’s there in our school books and on our currency, who is used by everyone to hardsell his political ideology, is not emulated in India.
India will not function if you do not believe in unity in diversity.
I was a dreamer, and thank God for that!
I feel it is the believers who are most dangerous for the secular framework of a nation.
It would be a tragedy for democracy if dissent goes away.
Yes, whatever is born, dies, but I thank life for gifting us a Nelson Mandela. He will sparkle in our consciousness for times to come.
There is no one idea of India, but ideas of India.
A true artist is one who, even after doing a lot, he reminds himself that he hasn’t done anything.
It would be false if I claim that the Congress has in the past not let down its ideology, especially pertaining to Muslim community.
I have only an appetite for masochistic truth, and only box-office collection figures interest me.
Rahul Roy is delusional. He wants ‘Aashiqui’ to end with him. When it didn’t end with me, how can it end with him?
I believe that, at times, if some of us are almost too critical of our society, it’s because our sensitivity and our concern for justice makes us aware that our nation falls terribly short of its highest potential.
There is no denying that entertainment industries are insular, but you can’t generalise that statement and apply it to everyone.
I can understand the individual who is driven by biases. I can sit with him across the table and can talk to him, deal with him. But bias in the man whom we put in the seat of power and who decides to play on it… That man will destroy the very fabric of the nation.
In a country like India, with an ever-changing demography, adaptability is the most important attribute to survive in the industry.
I always wanted to make a film on Kalahandi.
Cinema is not part of my entertainment.
When the film industry moves to the 21st century, there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that the money used in film-making is clean and devoid of any underworld connections.
It’s only a big man who makes you feel big.
Having buildings, growth models, having great progress, flyovers, and no human being is feeling for human being is a nightmare scenario.
The film industry not only in India but also Hollywood is insular. It’s inward-looking.
My last film as director, the National Award winning ‘Zakhm,’ barely managed to break even. So why should I listen to so-called sensibilities of a handful of critics?
If you can’t put problems in your own backyard to rest, then how can you deal with larger issues?
‘Zakhm’ was my last film as a director.
Questioning authority can hardly be called our national pastime. We even make a philosophy out of fear. Fatalism, destiny, karma… are the favourite cultural holes we hide in when authority flogs us. And what’s our tragedy.
I have great reverence for women.
It’s always better to make a hero than lean on one. My goal is to emulate China in the filmmaking business, not Los Angeles.
I felt it was a privilege that I came from such a rich background. I had the best of both worlds. My mother was a Shia Muslim, while my father was a janoi-clad man. He never pretended to be secular.
India was going though a difficult time in 1997. We had revolving door governments.
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.
The Congress may have made mistakes, but their ideology is not wrong.
No power on earth can ever get me back to directing a commercial film.
It’s extremely important that plays reflect contemporary times and should not just be about asking for social change without having any connect with the audience.
‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’ is a very emotional perspective on a traditional Indian woman.
A person doesn’t only give money to watch a film: he also gives his time.
My life screams out and says one thing: ‘indulgence.’ I am a person who would never deny myself anything.
Vijay Anand’s death marks the passing away of a true, original mind. Vijay had charisma and cinematic dazzle. He was the first who gave Indian film directors the status of a star.
Life experiences cannot be learnt on the film set or in front of the camera.
Every five years, there is a shift in cinema space, but we are slow to catch that. Young people understand that shift.
I am not a person who believes in austerity or denial.
I was born on September, 20, 1948, to Nanabhai Bhatt, a Hindu, and Shirin Mohammed Ali, a Muslim. I was born after three daughters and followed by a daughter and son.
