Hindi Quotes

I speak Hindi with a Punjabi accent, not a Haryanvi accent.

For ‘Rakht Charitra,’ I had to gain and lose weight. I simultaneously shot the film in three languages – Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi.

I grew up listening to Hindi and Marathi songs of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosale.

Of course you cannot compare my Hindi with a Hindi-speaking person, but I am confident enough to hold a conversation in mixed Hindi-English.

I’ve no problems with cuss words. All of us use them. Those who say they don’t are lying. People can tolerate English cuss words but find the Hindi ones a bit revolting.

The fight to grab eyeballs for Marathi films is intense because a majority of Maharashtrians speak Hindi and there’s no undivided loyalty to their native language among them.

I have always devoted time and energy to Tollywood because Bengal is very important to me. But I want to concentrate equally on Hindi cinema because that’s where all the action is.

I won’t say no if I’m approached for a Hindi film.

Industries only vary in scale and not in content, so I was never star-struck about Bollywood. However, I am fortunate to make it to Hindi because several people aspire to be a part of this industry.

Language is not a barrier, specially Hindi. It is the only language I read, write and speak in and so it is far easier than South Indian languages.

I do not want to be a part of Hindi cinema’s rat race. But yes, if I get offers and characters which I feel would suit me as well as make some difference to me, I will do a Hindi film.

As I was born and brought up in Himachal Pradesh, I used to listen to a lot of Hindi songs over radio apart from ghazals, western music, and ‘Himachali’ folk songs.

Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West – otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never been an actor.

I’m delighted at the warm reception in Tamil and Hindi cinema despite the fact that I am from Karnataka.

I’d like to produce more films in Hindi, provided I get good scripts.

I didn’t even know how to speak Hindi or act. I didn’t think about fame and money. I didn’t talk about money with the producers, as I was a minor. My parents handled that part. But I am from a family where money was never an issue.

While I am fluent in Hindi, I was a little worried about my accent. So when I was approached for ‘Karwaan,’ I told them they need to first listen to me speak in Hindi, in case it sounds off.

I speak Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and English.

I had the Forrest Gump’ DVD and started watching. While watching it, I had no intention of writing it. When I started watching it, I got some flashes that it can be adapted in Hindi. That’s how it started.

If I had my way, I would have started my career with Hindi films.

I still have that South Indian accent. But I am working on it. Hindi audiences should feel that I am speaking like them and should relate to me.

Today, there is not one Hindi movie which doesn’t have a kissing scene.

Well, I am from an army background. My dad is in the Defence forces and I have travelled enough in the north to get my Hindi right.

I remember I would work in the South industry and Hindi TV industry too along with doing ‘Char Divas Sasuche’ and that was the reason I never got bored.

As an actor, I am only excited about doing good work – be it in mainstream Hindi cinema, Hollywood, a French film, or a Marathi movie.

The Hindi film that I recommend is ‘Ijaazat.’ It is my most favourite film; it is a poetry in itself, and Gulzar Sahab is somebody I am a huge fan of.

Mainstream Bengali cinema unashamedly tries to copy Bollywood. They forget that they don’t have the kind of budgets that Hindi filmmakers have.

When I moved to Bombay, it was very harsh. I was nothing like what I am today. I couldn’t speak a word of English. In England, people might be very understanding about that, but in Bombay, they’re not very forgiving. ‘If you don’t speak English, how do you expect to work in Hindi films?’