A Quote by Ronit Roy
I was editing for Kunal Kapoor when I got my first film 'Jaan Tere Naam' as lead actor.
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I have a nice script for Salman Khan which is much bigger than 'Tere Naam.' I have bought the rights of Tamil film 'Pithamagan,' which featured national award winning actor Vikram who had also done Tamil version of 'Tere Naam.'
My name had been sent for the award for Best Supporting Actor in 'Tere Naam,' but I missed it.
Shashi Kapoor's son Kunal Kapoor made for such a handsome Sikh in 'Vijeta.'
Yes it's true, I am making 'Tere Naam 2' which is a love story.
The first film that I saw of Shammi Kapoor was 'Bhramachari.' I instantly fell in love with the film and connected with Shammiji. His style was natural and unique.
When I was working on the music of 'Jaan-E-Mann' and 'Umrao Jaan,' my father was hospitalised. I had to shuttle between hospital and studios.
People have often asked me to do a remake of Awara' with Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor. When I took the idea few steps forward, we all got scared. Where will we get another Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kappor? Where will I get composers like Shankar-Jaikishen?
I love editing. I think I like it more than any other phase of film making. If I wanted to be frivolous, I might say that everything that precedes editing is merely a way of producing film to edit.
It doesn't matter if I am the lead or a man is the lead actor in a film. What really matters to me is that I give my 100 per cent to my job.
Being a Kapoor, acting is genetic. My sister paved the way for me when she became the first Kapoor girl to take up acting.
I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would, in between scenes, be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I'd think, 'How can you do that?' But it's so exhausting, you can't be 'on' 12-14 hours a day.
A hero today must be Raj Kapoor, Sunil Dutt, Shammi Kapoor, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan rolled into one. These are the six hero slots in Hindi cinema and an actor must be able to play all if he wants a long innings.
I remember Shammi Kapoor for his great sense of music. If he loved a song, he would go to any speaks of his obsession as an actor. He wanted everything according to his film's mood. His demise is a serious loss to the film industry. Personally, I have lost a friend, a protective elder brother, and someone who was full of love and warmth.
I grew up loving watching movies, and at a certain point, I started to become fascinated with making movies. Then I went to film school, and I got to dabble with different aspects of moviemaking, and I ended up settling heavily into editing - editing was what I was really adept at, had a passion for.
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As a camera actor, you're constantly in touch with technology. First the technology came into existence and then film acting happened. So it's always going to lead us.
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