Remo D'Souza Quotes

Mainstream Bengali cinema unashamedly tries to copy Bollywood. They forget that they don't have the kind of budgets that Hindi filmmakers have.

I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, and I would love to act in them.

Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it.

Most of my comedies were low on budgets - certainly by American standards.

I think the larger productions in India are very methodical and pretty much on the ball in terms of work. When I say work, I mean pre-production and the homework that's required.

My first preference is Bollywood and will always be.

Slumdog Millionaire has been a great achievement. It has opened the doors of Hollywood for Indian cinema.

Who does not want to work in Bollywood?

Cinema in India is growing big time and people abroad have started recognising us.

I think the reason why I haven't done a film in India so far is because I haven't found a script that's completely gotten my attention and made me passionate to get it made. I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India. The reason why I'm making movies outside my country, bit by bit, is to be able to come back to India equipped with the knowledge and understanding of how to hopefully produce my own films one fine day.

The good thing about feature films is that the budgets tend to scale.

Hindi film and southern film industries are doing well when it comes to technical know how. By and large, they are pretty similar and are close knit industries.

It was only after moving to Mumbai that I was completely seduced by Bollywood.

I would be stupid to say no to Bollywood. It is the biggest film industry in our country.

Bengali movies are a great form of cinema too. Interestingly, they work with lower budgets.

In Bollywood, you have to do one film at a time, and there are no mixed schedules. And doing four films at a time is out of the question. Telugu film industry works very differently. But the kind of films I'm getting here are better than what I've been offered in Bollywood.

India uses Bollywood, rather cinema, to tell its stories. It is one of the largest filmmaking nations in the world and so your talents get to tell stories about politics, love and drama through films.

If people ever stop making films about India, I'd never work again.

It's an honour for the entire 'Baahubali' team to be associated with Karan Johar, since he is the biggest name in the country as a producer and director with his brand Dharma Productions.

I won't say no if I'm approached for a Hindi film.

I have always admired Mr. Naseeruddin Shah, Mr. Anupam Kher, the late Om Puri ji, and Amitabh Bachchan.

I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.

There are so many great directors and actors, like Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Rakeysh Ompraskash Mehra, Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Basu - the list is very long. I hope at some point I get to work with them.

I find the working pattern to be the same in Bollywood as well as Tollywood. Especially because most directors of photography from the Telugu industry operate in Bollywood, too.

Movies play a very important part in my life and I think the most number of films are made in India.