Juhi Chawla Quotes

With films like 'NH-10' and 'Phillauri,' what Anushka Sharma is doing, or what Shraddha Kapoor and Vidya Balan are doing with their films, the industry is changing for women.

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it.

During my school and college days, the three Khans - Aamir, Salman and Shah Rukh - were superstars for me and will always be. Their movies were eagerly awaited every Friday.

When they make a woman's picture, they treat it like a 'woman's picture.' In the '40s, they didn't treat Joan Crawford movies like that, but as the big movies of their year. I'm upset that there's no 'Terminator' with a woman in Arnold Schwarzenegger's role. Because that would make just as much money.

The Indian film industry is very, very vibrant. It is a mix like it is in Hollywood - there is a lot of highly commercial cinema.

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 think Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Ranveer Singh are doing a fabulous job.

I wish that there were more female driven films, female-centric films being made.

TV actors are doing great in Bollywood. We have our own market, our own fans, who love to see us on the big screen.

If you do the math, films featuring women are a good investment.

We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Prakash Jha. But now these people also take stars... Without stars they cannot work.

Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.

If a studio sees that a female can bring in audiences, then they're going to make movies with that person.

I want there to be tons and tons and tons and tons of movies starring women.

Disney has proved without a shadow of a doubt that movies with a female lead work.

Women drive box office.

Indian cinema will continue to grow, I am very sure.

'Barfi!' was a beautiful film. I'm proud to be associated with it.

When I first came to Hollywood to make 'Mortal Kombat' back in the day, there was this rule that female-led action movies don't work and American studios didn't want to make them.

Ranbir Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt - they are all talented. Their work is making the industry better.

There's nothing new about women playing pivotal parts or title roles in films. Women in strong characters have always been accepted. It has been this way for years.

Item song dancers like Silk Smitha and Jayamalini have become irrelevant. The heroines are doing those dances themselves.

We need to be creating products that incentivise women to come to the movies more.