The only time you do not get nervous is when you are making your first film. At that time, just the joy of making a movie is so high that you do not care; you are happy to have finally made it. It is only later that you want your film to be seen and appreciated by people.

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Chase excellence, success will follow by Rajkumar Hirani

Chase excellence, success will follow

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excellence

I want to very strongly state that this is a false, malicious and mischievous story being spread with the sole intention of destroying my reputation.

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entertainment

I lived in Bandra East, on the 12th floor. There was a small earthquake; I could feel the building shaking. I was halfway down the stairs when I realised I'd forgotten my laptop, and all my scripts were on it. If I lost the laptop, I'd lose all my work. I ran back up to get it!

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lose down feel work

Religion is man-made. Every religion says my 'God is the best.' by Rajkumar Hirani

Religion is man-made. Every religion says my 'God is the best.'

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says best god religion

Editing is a meditative process. I enjoy it the most. I am not de... by Rajkumar Hirani

Editing is a meditative process. I enjoy it the most. I am not dealing with 200 people.

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i-am enjoy editing people

But I don't think as film-makers it is our responsibility that every time we make a film we should be saying something. If you are entertaining people, that's more than enough.

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you responsibility time people

I love 'Rang De Basanti.' by Rajkumar Hirani

I love 'Rang De Basanti.'

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rang i-love love

Assuming audiences to be dumb, that's a big fallacy. by Rajkumar Hirani

Assuming audiences to be dumb, that's a big fallacy.

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big fallacy assuming dumb

As writers, we are sketching people all the time when we write fi... by Rajkumar Hirani

As writers, we are sketching people all the time when we write fiction.

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sketching time people fiction

With fiction, you can do whatever you want to, but if you are making a film on someone, you have to stick to the truth. You cannot just say that I will change the climax because I do not like it.

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someone you change truth

After I finish any film, I move to the next one. It takes about a year to write and another six months are for pre-production and other things. You need a minimum of two-and-a-half months for the shooting of a new film. Then, I also edit my own film.

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new own you my-own

Film-makers are greedy people - we want good stories and good sub... by Rajkumar Hirani

Film-makers are greedy people - we want good stories and good subjects.

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good greedy want people

Films have to find a way to compress many anecdotes into one, or many events into one. Otherwise there is no way to tell it in two and a half hours.

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find events half way

See, most films are about achievers. You see a film like 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' or 'Dhoni.' Even 'Gandhi,' or the biopic on Lincoln. They end in triumph, on a high.

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high end see you

I grew up in Nagpur, and I first started enjoying the author Harishankar Parsai. He wrote mostly satire, essays on the current situation and social issues. He wrote many books and I think he was my first influence.

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think satire situation influence

In non-fiction, I like Wayne Dyer. I have a compilation of his best quotes near my bed! To me he's one of the finest authors.

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best like me bed

I read till I fall asleep. Daytime actually I feel guilty reading - I always feel I should be doing something else!

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doing feel reading fall

It takes time to write a script and properly make the film and ed... by Rajkumar Hirani

It takes time to write a script and properly make the film and edit it.

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write make film time

I would love to make more films. by Rajkumar Hirani

I would love to make more films.

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would make more love

Writing is a lonely process. by Rajkumar Hirani

Writing is a lonely process.

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lonely process writing