7 favorite quotes from Bollywood Interviews

From Vishal Bhardwaj to SRK, I've shortlisted some of my quotes from many many interviews I love

I watch an unhealthy amount of interviews on YouTube so that you don't have to, bringing you the best :p
I’m that person who clicks on the clickbait, if A actor said something spicy about B actor on Bollywood Hungama, I will watch that 30 min interview to find that 15 seconds portion.

But, I also watch some of the most insightful interviews and before we go into them I’d like to recommend some of my favorite interview series

Sit With Hitlist by Mayank Shekhar

Yearly Roundtables of Rajeev Masand

Slow Interview by Neelesh Mishra

Unfiltered by Samdhish

Film Companion

Lallantop Adda The Bombay Journey

1. Vishal Bhardwaj talking about the creative process of an artist

   No matter what kind of an artist are you, a comedian, a musician, a painter, a creator or whatever art your pursue, when you think of a fresh piece of art, your mind tries to think of ideas you have seen, which you might not even remember consciously.

   

   Often ideas that work the best are the ones which are not first thoughts but something you’ve thought of. And in the era of social media, it’s very easy to accept the first thought you have, in order to stay relevant and consistent. Watching this interview reminds me to be fresh with whatever I do.
   
   Click here to watch the full interview with Neelesh Mishra, this part comes around 14 minutes 10 seconds (pehle newsletter poora padhlo, baad mein dekhne jaana)

   

2. Javed Akhtar talking about Atheism

   The lesser words you use, the stronger punch they pack. And who better to use words in a way to convey your message than a legendary writer himself.

   

   Click here for the full video, this part comes at 5:23.

   
   3. Diljit Dosanjh talking about the secret behind his fashion sense
   If you wanna have a great laugh, just go watch any interview of Diljit with Anupama Chopra on Film Companion. The man never disappoints.

   

   Click here for the full interview.

   4. Anurag Kashyap talking about why it’s important to root your films into culture

   In an interview, Anurag Kashyap was asked the reason why Hindi films aren’t working and he explains in detail how Hindi films are inspired from everywhere except their own culture.

   

   The link of full interview with Bharadwaj Rangan is here, around 20 minutes.

5. Zoya Akhtar talking about her first film

   Film Companion used to have this amazing series where directors came and spoke about how they made their first films. Maneesh Sharma spoke about Band Baaja Baraat, Ayan Mukerjee about Wake Up Sid, Dibakar Banerjee about Khosla Ka Ghosla and it’s just full of gems. One of them is this interview where Zoya also mentioned the heartbreak she felt after her first film didn’t work, but she was confident because she knew it was a good film. And then she made ZNMD, rest is history.

   

   Watch the full video here, around 22 minutes.

6. Raj & DK talking about the years they had no work

   As Suchin mentions in the interview, in the last 4 years Raj and DK have made Family Man Season 1 and 2, Unpaused, they launched D2R, produced Cinemabandi, coming up is Guns and Gulaab, Gulkanda Tales, currently developing Family Man Season 3, a show with Varun Dhawan and Samantha along with Russo Brothers and Farzi that recently released.

   

   Watch the full video here, in the first 5 minutes.

7. SRK talking about the screen addiction

   How is it possible that we make a list of the best quotes from interviews and we don’t include Shah Rukh Khan in it. At this point, I can pay to PVR if they release a compilation of his interviews in a theater.

Watch the full video here, around 4 minutes.

I could have not ended this list on 7, but fir sab kuch abhi release kardunga to bachega kya? Jokes apart, I hope you liked this newsletter, will be keeping this space for everything and anything I feel like sharing with y’ll! 🌻