Rajkumar Hirani Quotes

I firmly believe that emotions are universal, and I know that when they connect with the audience, it works. There is no such thing as an entertaining or a serious film; there are good films and bad films. Good films will always find a vast audience.

The most delightful aspect about the language of cinema is that it speaks to each of us in different ways - it is a purely subjective experience.

I'm interested in the impact my movies have on people and how it affects them, and what they like and what they don't like - and what they take away from it. What leaves an impression, you know?

I didn't want people to sit there and watch 10 minutes of film, and all they write about is 48 frames.

It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.

As filmmakers, we want the audience to have the most complete experience they can. For example, I interviewed Stanley Kubrick years ago around the time of '2001: A Space Odyssey.' I was going to see the film that night in London, and he insisted I sit in one of four seats in the theater for the best view or not watch the film.

It's awesome when people respond to your movie and love it.

I believe that 'The Artist' is the kind of movie you see and you don't forget. I know it's going to stay with me.

I've also shot plenty of films with very small audiences - 'The Sun Also Rises.' I love that film, but I didn't capture the imagination of the audience. I don't know why.

You finish a film not in the editing, but in the conversations that audiences have with themselves - and in that sense, every viewer is making a slightly different film. And that's wonderful.

I would like to say to as many people as possible that please go and see the film 'Jaana,' because we all have worked hard to make it a good film.

Cinema which is well-made, for any kind of audience, is worthy of being watched by just about anybody who would like to watch a good story being told.

Whatever films I make, the mandate is that it should touch the audiences and engage them from the first scene.

I appreciate artistically made movies, but as an audience member, I want to be entertained, too.

With Quentin Tarantino, he makes movies imagining himself as the audience. To be specific and true to what he wants resonates to people who like his movies.

My discovery of Tarkovsky's first film was like a miracle. Suddenly, I found myself standing at the door of a room the keys of which had, until then, never been given to me. It was a room I had always wanted to enter and where he was moving freely and fully at ease.

To me, movies are valuable as an art form and as a wonderful means of popular entertainment. But I think movies have gone terribly wrong.

Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing, you do want your film to be seen, to communicate itself to other people.

A whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience.

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

I know when I go to a movie I want to experience something, whether to laugh, to cry, to feel bad.

When you watch my films, you're feeling my heart.

It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.

I want people to come see my films and enjoy them but at the end of the day you can't control what people think.

I love films that make me react emotionally and physically when you walk out of the cinema. Two of my favorite films however have got to be 'The Tree Of Life' and 'The Piano Teacher,' which also stars one of my favourite actresses Isabelle Huppert.