My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it. Madhur Bhandarkar More Quotes by Madhur Bhandarkar More Quotes From Madhur Bhandarkar After 'Chandni Bar' there was a shutdown of such bars in Mumbai. After 'Page 3' people started avoiding such events. 'Traffic Signal' exposed the money flow through the mafia. I'm not apologetic about the brutal truth in my films. Almost 70% of my films are based on reality, and 30% I fictionalize or change to suit my film. Madhur Bhandarkar money change truth people I am an emotional and fragile person. I observe life, I am perceptive and can read a person's body language. I have a strong journalistic streak in me, and had I not been a filmmaker, I would have become a film journalist. I have combined my perceptive and journalistic traits to create my own brand of cinema. Madhur Bhandarkar i-am me language life Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends. Madhur Bhandarkar entertainment influence fashion law I am a very spiritual person and love travelling to religious places. I go to the Golden Temple, Tirupati Balaji and Vaishno Devi every year. Madhur Bhandarkar temple i-am spiritual love My entire career stands on the strong pillars of women-oriented films. This stems from the fact that I am sensitive to the entire aura and mystique of a woman and womanhood. Madhur Bhandarkar woman i-am career strong My father was an electrical contractor, while I used to deliver video cassettes on a cycle to people in Juhu and Bandra, including celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty. Mithunda remembers me and is very proud of me. He can't believe that the guy who used to come to his house in short pants has become so successful. Madhur Bhandarkar me believe father people I got to make 'Trishakti' with Arshad Warsi, who was a newcomer at that time. The movie took three years to complete and became dated by the time it was released. The movie did not even get a proper release and bombed at the box office. It was a very bad patch of my life and a big disaster for my career. Madhur Bhandarkar my-life bad time life I don't want to make 'Chandni Bar 2.' I didn't think 'Fashion 2' will happen. If a film ends on a high note... makes the audience think and lingers in the end... that is needed. Madhur Bhandarkar end will think fashion I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family - poor, in fact. Madhur Bhandarkar me thanks family reading I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore. Madhur Bhandarkar explore leave feeling like My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man. Madhur Bhandarkar never man decision dark I have no regret about making 'Heroine'; rather, I am happy I made it. I never shun my films; I stick to it. Madhur Bhandarkar i-am-happy i-am regret happy I think 'Heroine' was Kareena Kapoor's best ever role of her career. Madhur Bhandarkar her career best think I have registered few titles like 'Bharat Bandh,' 'Calendar Girl,' 'Money Politics.' The titles just intrigued me, so I registered. I had a title, 'Jai Ho,' which I gave to Sohail Khan for his next film with Salman Khan. These are typical Madhur Bhandarkar kind of films. I may make a film or not on such titles... not sure yet. Madhur Bhandarkar me politics money girl I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters. Madhur Bhandarkar loved think love romantic In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality. Madhur Bhandarkar tried movies honesty reality While Hollywood has had a huge influence on the Indian industry, Bollywood and its actors, too, are garnering a lot of attention in the western film world. Madhur Bhandarkar hollywood influence attention world Indian cinema is no more limited to audiences in India. We have viewers all around the world, and hence, understanding the global perspective is a must. Cinema Beyond Boundaries would get the viewers and the filmmakers together and would help us in serving them with good quality cinema. Madhur Bhandarkar good perspective quality together I'm not into replicating old movies. But one should never say never. Tomorrow I may feel like making a part 2 of some of my movies. Madhur Bhandarkar movies feel never tomorrow As I had visualized, 'Heroine' is shaping up to be a very contemporary film with a different premise and strata. This film, like most of my other films, is a blend of facts and fiction. The film has a larger span, more characters, and costumes... a journey that revolves around an actress's life and the showbiz. Madhur Bhandarkar like journey life facts
