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. Mahesh Bhatt More Quotes by Mahesh Bhatt More Quotes From Mahesh Bhatt My teacher once told me – ”No one is perfect……..that is why pencils have erasers.” Mahesh Bhatt perfect-one perfection teacher Our Industry has been bitten by the 100 crore club Mahesh Bhatt has-beens industry clubs This is how you falsify reality, ... The problem in India is not the Islamic fundamentalists. It's the Hindu fundamentalists, who will destroy India in the end. Mahesh Bhatt islamic india reality Today, it is a reality. Mahesh Bhatt today reality I believe no-one can insult you without your permission. Shilpa Shetty has paid the price for trying to desperately seek the approval of the West. It is pathetic how we can go on bended knees and lick the boots of Westerners in an effort to be part of their world. Mahesh Bhatt insults-you effort believe One would understand a ban on surrogate advertising, but to completely ban [smoking] is ridiculous, a joke taken too far. Mahesh Bhatt ridiculous taken smoking The world is not a static place. People change, evolve. Mahesh Bhatt people-change change people world The narratives in which you're born have a fierce pattern of repetition. Mahesh Bhatt you repetition born fierce I would rather be stupid than pretend to be intelligent. Mahesh Bhatt pretend than intelligent stupid I was a dreamer, and thank God for that! Mahesh Bhatt thank dreamer thank-god god A true artist is one who, even after doing a lot, he reminds himself that he hasn't done anything. Mahesh Bhatt true doing done artist 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. Mahesh Bhatt hide karma destiny fear Life continues, irrespective of whether we are there or not. Mahesh Bhatt irrespective whether life I have no worthwhile memories of my father, therefore no idea of what a father's role should be. Mahesh Bhatt role no-idea memories father If the story-teller is to nourish the roots of his culture, society must set him free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. Mahesh Bhatt vision society roots culture I think one of the basest of all things is fear. Fear erodes the individual. Fear erodes the nation, the spine of the nation. Mahesh Bhatt nation things think fear 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. Mahesh Bhatt nation understand man power I am a people's person. I consume people. Mahesh Bhatt consume person i-am people 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. Mahesh Bhatt you success long world 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. Mahesh Bhatt will sparkle born life
