A Quote by Binnu Dhillon

I make sure not to do anything which can be insulting for women- something very common in Punjabi films. — © Binnu Dhillon
I make sure not to do anything which can be insulting for women- something very common in Punjabi films.
If Hollywood can make films on insects and make big money, why can't we make films on Punjabi culture?
It's the Punjabi film industry that sustained me and my family for eight years. It is because of my work in Punjabi films that I was able to survive.
In Punjabi, we make romcoms or just comedy films because that's what the audience wants. They want family entertainers. We've tried making action films, but there are no takers for that.
Punjabi culture is very strong and we have thousand of stories, which can be turned into films to keep our generations rooted in the culture.
I think all villains have something in common: they have something that they need or want very, very badly. The stakes are very high and they are not bound by moral codes or being ethical, so they can do anything and will do anything to get what they want.
There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I remember being very disappointed with them. They weren't frightening at all. I'm sure they'd be very funny now.
Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women 'in their place.' To make sure that we're acting 'appropriately,' whatever that means.
Being a Punjabi, it is very hard to say this, but Punjabi food is very overrated.
Somebody says, 'Do a Tom Bodett, a folksy kind of thing,' and it sounds like something out of 'Hee Haw,' very insulting. They turn wry humor into disparaging sarcasm, and you get what amounts to insulting advertising.
I feel Urdu and Punjabi are quite similar and therefore, I mostly make my songs in Punjabi.
I can't leave Punjabi films and will make it a point to act in at least one film a year there.
I'm interested in dismantling the distinction between masculine and feminine writing both because I think it's a false distinction and, I think, ultimately an insulting one. It's as insulting to men as it is to women. I'm not sure what masculine writing would look like - I assume some combination of Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver. Writing can't be gendered in that way.
The most common occupation for women in G rated films is royalty - which is a great gig, if you can get it.
We are trying our best to spread the culture of Punjabi music all over the world. With the traditional rigid Punjabi music, people always had a myth that the music is very conventional, but nowadays, we are really thrilled to see how people are loving the tunes and beats of Punjabi music.
Women think in Sirk's films. Something which has never struck me with other directors. None of them. Usually women are always reacting, doing what women are supposed to do, but in Sirk they think. It's something that has to be seen.
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