A Quote by Jaya Prada

I am quite impressed with the growth of Punjabi films. I've witnessed its make-over; it is no more just a regional industry. — © Jaya Prada
I am quite impressed with the growth of Punjabi films. I've witnessed its make-over; it is no more just a regional industry.
Only the Punjabi music industry has stood the test of time. Bollywood has finished the regional music industry of other languages, but the Punjabi music scene is still flourishing.
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.
All this while when I was not seen in Hindi films, I did a lot of regional cinema. I was a part of various Gujarati, Punjabi and Bhojpuri films.
Punjabi film industry is not yet ready to give change to new actors, but if Punjabi singers, who already have a fan following, enter the industry, it will be a great help to uplift the industry.
I feel Urdu and Punjabi are quite similar and therefore, I mostly make my songs in Punjabi.
We are not only having a great audience for Punjabi films in north India but we are also seeing growth in other places like Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Indore, etc. And the overseas audiences have always been good for us. Without them we couldn't have taken Punjabi cinema to such heights.
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.
There are a lot of talented Punjabi singers in Bollywood and we are also using a lot of Punjabi songs and reprise versions of these songs in our films and I have also sung quite a few of them.
My commitments are for Punjabi films - I want to work for the industry to uplift it.
I have regional films, Bengali and Telugu, but always wanted to do a Marathi film especially because I think this industry makes the best comedy films.
If Hollywood can make films on insects and make big money, why can't we make films on Punjabi culture?
Bhojpuri industry is my motherland, and I would keep doing more regional films. But I also want to reach out to a bigger audience.
I would love to do better in mainstream Hindi films, but one thing I must say is that my best experience so far has been in the Punjabi film industry, where I've been around for more than 11 years.
Language is so specific to art, all the way to the past in China. Previously, people were not allowed to include various regional dialects in their films, but in every film that I've made, I've maintained the regional dialects of the characters because I wanted to make films that were locally specific.
I want Punjabi film industry to make it's way into the text books, so that when children read about this industry they should know how it reached to its glory.
I am happy making the films I make and I would like the West to be impressed with what we do from India.
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