Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Konkona Sen Sharma
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian actress Konkona Sen Sharma.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
It's not like I have anything against it, I just chose the kind of films that appeal to me, and mindless entertainers don't often appeal to me.
I am happy to do a film in Bengali language as I know and love that language.
We have done 'Talvar' in three different parts, recreating three different scenarios. And so, it was very interesting for me as a performer to be a part of this film.
I did 'Talvar' because I liked the script and my role.
I do get offered all kind of films by and large, but the bulk of it I may say is of a certain sensibility.
I think the female gaze is important because we cannot have just one perspective on anything.
I like to keep busy because it gives me a lot of balance and perspective.
It is always great to work with Vishal Bhardwaj and his team as they regularly come up with such good work.
We don't live in a primitive society any more. Many of us are lucky enough to be educated. We also realize that gender and sexuality is a spectrum.
Not everybody is exactly the same, and superficially, we are all different in different ways. The common thread is the humanity that binds us.
I'm very serious about my career. If someone feels that I carry a serious heroine tag, so be it.
Acting has not been a smooth sailing journey.
It seems that the ideal age for a Bollywood heroine is 24, which is great, but it would be nice to see some older women too on the big screen.
Mainstream cinema exists in most large industries and then there is the alternative cinema which does not follow the conventions of the mainstream movies. But when your film is small and does not have A-listers, then you have a limited budget and it becomes hard to release your film.
There are only certain kinds of people who are shown falling in love. It's by and large always heterosexual, it is either thin or fair people. It's not like that in the real world.
I have never been ambitious and have always gone with the flow.
I think most of the times there is a disconnect between audience and filmmakers.
I feel liberated as a woman, in the way I live my life. However, it's not always reflected in the world around me. So I feel privileged but also isolated.
It doesn't matter what people think about me on screen. I will take up and do role which excite me and are interesting.
So I never wanted to be an actor anyway, so I only do the films which appeal to me and my sensibility.
Which actress wouldn't want to work with Vishal Bharadwaj? I have worked with him before and I really like his sensibility.
Working with my mother is unlike working with any other director.
As far as women directors in India go, I think we should have more of them.
My sensibility is such that I automatically get drawn to films that have a good story, good characterization.
I do yoga; have been doing it for a long time now.
I'm reading Elena Ferrante's 'Neapolitan' novels. They are amazing. I feel like she gets the entire experience of being a woman.
I mean I loved 'English Vinglish' and I love Sridevi, but 'English Vinglish' still needs a Sridevi to get made, it's not like it's just any unknown actor.
My parents are my best friends and I would tell them things that I would tell nobody as they would never judge me and would always support me.
My mom is this fabulous, strong woman who lives life on her own terms.
I would like to act in a film that I can watch even after five years without getting bored.
The roles that I get offered are very good and of serious women who are morally upright, righteous and honest.
I like to be part of films that have a good story, good characters.
Who are these people who are taking these decisions of casting only young actors in films? It is the filmmakers and the film producers. I don't know if that is what the audience wants because I really believe that masses respond to a good story.
Many times, one does get interesting work, but it is also work that doesn't get funded because one sure-shot way to get funding is to take a big star.
I had a baby and that is pretty time consuming.
I don't like discussing about my personal life in front of everyone.
I'm very used to being misquoted.
I'm not too keen on dancing, I can't dance too well.
Yes, I did have occasional scripts like a 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' or a 'Talwaar' that nurtured the performer in me, but I do wish there were more options.
The kind of films I do and I've done don't have song and dance sequences.
Stars are a part of our emotional psyche, but audiences should also support a good indie film which may not have a big star.
It is true that there are some surface similarities between my mother and Mrinalini's character since both were successful commercial actresses in the 1970s in Bengali cinema. In that sense I have taken cues from my mother about how to portray the younger Mrinalini.
It is important that all kind of films are made.
Falling in love has no convenient time, it can happen anytime and anywhere.
I directed 'Death in the Gunj' which released in 2017. It got very good reviews and a few awards but did not do well at the box-office. But I'm not bothered. I made the film that I wanted to make. It was not a film for everyone.
I am very against this love jihad law. I feel it's an unconstitutional law because in our country, in this democracy, we have the right... we are granted religious freedom. So, if you are saying that women can vote, then it follows naturally that women can also choose their own partners and women can choose their own fate.
If you see films which have been successful over the last 10 years, the women in them have been in their 20s. 'The Dirty Picture' and 'English Vinglish' are two I can think of. But there are very few good roles for women in their 30s.
The whole era of post-Partition and pre-liberalization fascinated me.
Of course, I am choosy because I want to do good cinema.
My mom is well read in English and Bengali, and my dad is a humorist, science writer and a futurist.
I know the ropes of this industry, and I also know how unpredictable it can be.
I wish that Bollywood weren't so youth and beauty obsessed when it comes to women. I think it is very 'under representative' of women in their 30s.
There is a fine line between guilt and innocence.
I consider myself blessed that I am multi-lingual and now-a-days we all speak at least two-three languages.
I think it can be difficult to get funding for a film, but I was lucky.
The discrimination that women face cuts across nationality, caste or class and age. It doesn't matter where you live or how much money you have, women have always been dictated to about what they should wear and how they should behave.
I have never been a mass appeal kind of an actor, so I don't have to worry. I don't have to please everyone.
But I'd love to have a uniform to wear every day and not have to worry about expressing myself with my outfits - which is also fine once in a while.
I love working with my mother. I have a huge amount of respect and admiration for her. She is one of the best filmmakers and she has always given me absolutely fantastic roles.
Unless I think I can manage to make something decent, I won't.
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