Kabir Khan

“I don't look at things like success and failure too seriously.”

“I can understand when a filmmaker has researched something and a filmmaker wants to make a point... Of course, there can be different viewpoints.”

“I think OTT platforms are open to taking bigger risks.”

“I take the politics of my films very seriously.”

“Before me, the most famous person from the institute was of course Shah Rukh Khan. He didn't come to become a filmmaker, he came to become an actor. But he was my senior in MCRC. I used his notes to study in fact. I knew Shah Rukh before he joined the industry.”

“I am a Pathan.”

“What makes 'Phantom' different from other mission based films, is the amount of emotional drama there is in this film. And not just the main characters. Even the smaller characters have an emotional journey unto themselves and that forms major part of the narative.”

“I would give my right arm to do a film with Salman again. My association with him has been really good for me. I've learnt a lot.”

“Sometimes saying apolitical only reeks of your privilege, because what's happening in the country doesn't affect you, you all with money can live in a bubble.”

“For nationalism, sometimes we need a counter point or a villain. However, you don't need any such thing for patriotism. Patriotism is a pure love for your country and you don't need a counterpoint.”

“The moment you talk about 26/11, everything is jingoistic. Even a TV debate sounds jingoistic and that's because emotions on the incident run really deep.”

“Things become easier and people show more confidence in you with bigger, larger projects. A good successful film always does that.”

“You make a film with a lot of love and conviction and if it doesn't do well the way it was expected to do, it's disheartening.”

“For so long, we have believed that commercial cinema is nonsensical, but 'Bajrangi' was not nonsense.”

“I don't consciously aim at shooting movies in different locations but if my films feature never-seen-before locations, then why not.”

“Unlike most of the films made in Bollywood, 'New York' has a backdrop and some story to it. It's not based in void.”

“I believe that you don't essentially need to know the sport to enjoy a sports film.”

“Let's not forget Oscars is an award ceremony for the U.S. film industry which has one category amongst the various categories called best foreign film.”

“As long as a movie churns its own profit for their own budget it should be fine.”

“If you want to demonise the Mughals, please base it on some research and make us understand why; why they were the villains that you think they were. Because if you do some research and read history, it's very tough to understand why they have to be villainised.”