69 Quotes by Rohini Hattangadi

I am playing the character of a grandmother in 'Doctor Don' which is completely different from my previous roles. My character is dashing, carefree and has a bindaas mindset. She loves to live her life happily.

'Once More' is a comedy for sure, but it also makes us introspect.

I started my acting career in 1974 through theatre and I was also a student of the National School of Drama.

I was trained in theatre so the seriousness was there. I never went in for the glamour.

As an artiste, I made sure that the character sketch and look of each mother I played was different.

Since I had gone to a Marathi-language school, I had to take elocution classes as preparation for my part as Kasturba.

Shooting for 'Gandhi' was a revelation for me. We were all given scripts and then we were asked to do our homework. I searched for books on Kasturba, but I found only two books, that's all. So I had to rely on my own skills.

Our filmmakers need to be true to their culture to gain appreciation at international level. Though I don't wish to generalize but do I feel that Indianness is lacking in most Indian films these days.

The detailing on the sets of 'Gandhi' was very minute. There was immense discipline and nothing was taken for granted.