Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Mahesh Manjrekar
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian actor Mahesh Manjrekar.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
It is always better to work with friends.
I don't think I'm capable enough to make 100-crore films.
I acted in 'Kaante' because Sanjay Gupta insisted me to do it. At that time, I had never thought that I would be acting in films.
Love is love, be it any age. But the problem arises when instead of communicating in person, you are on your phone. Why do you have to send hearts to the person you love? Simply pick up the phone and say 'I love you.'
I feel I am incapable of making Hindi movies. But I don't mind acting in them just to earn my bread and butter.
Whatever age you are in, there are always complications in every relationship.
I was waiting for a right script and then I got a script which I could write and tell the story the way I want to. And that film is 'Antim.'
I don't get hassled when I am doing a role that looks idiotic to me.
'Slumdog Millionaire' was as good or as bad any Bollywood film. If I had to rate it, I would give it just 5.5 points out of 10. Unlike others, I am not gung-ho about the film winning so many Oscars. Yes, I am happy that I was a part of the project, but I am yet to figure out why it got so many Oscars.
I am not a bad actor but a smart actor and I have exhausted my smartness now.
I was far away from Marathi literature, theatre, arts, everything. I was a late entrant to it.
I thought that I should do Marathi cinema as I knew that there I would be able to explore different subjects. But I also need the money and acting is my bread and butter. So I started doing Bollywood films merely for money.
Audiences make up their minds to see only certain films. They see the rest on cable after two weeks.
Nothing can replace cinema halls.
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 am a little disillusioned with Hindi cinema direction. I can experiment with Marathi. But Marathi doesn't give you a lot of money.
The industry is in an alarming condition. And we only have ourselves to blame. If one thriller runs, we all run to make thrillers. What about the dozen thrillers that flopped before that? More than the herd mentality it is the ostrich mentality.
Acting is closed and 'Dabanng' will be my last film as an actor in Bollywood. I don't know, it does not excite me anymore and I have always believed I am a limited actor.
Earlier, I did sing for 'Kaante' and a couple of other films but I had never done rap before. Marathi rap is something new and I enjoyed it.
If I knew what the audience wants to hear I would be the richest guy in the world! There are a lot of people who think they know what the audience wants but are sadly rejected.
Sometimes people pretend to be someone else and act in a different way, everyone carries an invisible mask.
I would love to feel satisfied doing a Hindi film when there is no restriction of commerce, which is song and dance, item numbers.
Social media is important but it doesn't deserve the importance it is being given.
Priyanka Chopra has produced a Marathi film. Even John Abraham announced he wants to make a Marathi film. Suddenly everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon. Shah Rukh, Rohit Shetty also want to do a Marathi film. There is an awareness. But I hope they don't come and spoil the market by making their kind of cinema.
'Pawan & Pooja' discovers new aspects of love, it taps into the typical problems faced in today's fast-paced life.
Everybody should spend some quality time with their family members and try to make the best out of bad situations.
'Astitva' is all about a woman's search for her identity in a male-dominated world. It is not a feminist kind of approach. Rather, I have tried hold a mirror to the men in our society.
I act because I get money. Half the time I quote an exorbitant amount because I don't want to act. And sometimes it works.
Most of the plays in Marathi theatre are for the middle aged or are family dramas.
Working with people like Deepti Naval and Siddharth Malhotra is always a delight because they understand the craft and the script is their topmost priority.
I realized after my first play that no one was going to offer me roles for theatre. So I started my own theatre company even though I was in deep debt in 1988.
I don't think there is a better human being than Salman. He is always there for you, just a call away. I have never seen a more rooted guy than him.
People are not coming into theaters to see movies. Audiences are making up their minds not to see films even before their release. It is a very sorry state of affairs.
I don't try to find similarities with my characters because then it becomes difficult to act.
I have seen 'Sanju,' and it is a well-made commercial film. However, it was left unexplored. I would have directed it with a different approach.
I like to sing but I am nothing great.
For 'Astitva,' I needed actors who were good and committed and could portray the character's growth over a period of time - from 21 to 47 years.
To be an actor, I had to learn Marathi. I used to always grudge why there are so many alphabets in Marathi.
Bollywood is never going to take a backseat for me because I have nothing against it. But I have decided that I make at least one Marathi film a year.
When someone becomes such a big personality then subconsciously or consciously he starts building a wall around him.
I don't see cinema suffering because of OTT. We should not lose our sleep thinking OTT will finish the future of cinema halls, it won't.
There were reports that my elder daughter Ashwami was in 'Dabangg 3,' but she is a chef, and never wanted to be an actor.
Sometimes we might feel that a soldier's duty is to protect us and he doesn't have any emotions, but he has. He is vulnerable and close to his family just like us. But what makes him different from us is the fact that he has the will to die so that we are safe.
I have been doing Marathi theatre for the past 15 years. The people there are very hardworking, talented and committed. But the state of Marathi cinema is going from bad to worse.
I don't have the patience... an angry man cannot get into politics.
I did quite a lot of television episodes with B.P. Singh. He used to stay near me and we would travel together. He had a car and while going back home we would discuss about the stories, the dialogues, etc. Whatever he taught me was more than enough to start a film.
I am an actor who gets into a role only when the director says 'action' and gets out of it with 'cut.'
Harmesh Malhotra's 'Nigahen' is said to be a sequel to his 'Nagina.' But in reality, the characters in the second film did not flow out of the first.
I am a very close friend of Sanjay Dutt and people still remind us of our film 'Vaastav.'
I do films that affect me, my family, my friends. I need to be affected by what I am showing.
People feel I only make films on underworld, but that's not true.
I didn't have Marathi as a language in school. My second language was French.
I have nothing against commercial cinema, but I don't have the intelligence to project them.
The first HIV movie in India, 'Nidaan,' was done by me which at that time nobody dared to even try.
Only good performers get to work with me.
I believe it's so important to love life, enjoy it for its small moments and live without regrets - life is so unpredictable.
As for the method of making films, I would say that there are no rules as such. The only thing important is that you should have the confidence to do it and have a good story.
Yes, I would not like to see censorship on OTT content but there are some people who really take advantage of this.
At the end of the day, everything boils down to money and if the film doesn't do well, then there's no point.
Most South Indians are very loyal to their local language cinema. This is not the case with Marathis.
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