100 Quotes by Vikramaditya Motwane

Give me a story which I connect with and then I am going to do it.

What I loved about the 1950s is that there is an aesthetic to even the average film. The way the camera is placed, the way characters move, the way you dressed the sets, the respect for craft and actors, I do miss that in today's films.

I am not afraid of slowing down moments - if you have the right emotion in the right place at the right time, you can have any length of film you want.

My father is a Sindhi and my mother, a Bengali.

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

But a lot of 'Bhavesh Joshi' comes from the 'angry young man' - the Bachchan films of the '70s or the Sunny Deol films of the '80s, where there is someone who has been wronged and wants to do the right thing.

I think because of social media and YouTube things are changing. Today people have a judgement about films.

I think I like reluctant protagonists.

It's always a challenge to adapt a novel for screen, a visual medium.