A biography for Konkona Sen Sharmahasn’t been written yet.
“I have to please me, personal foremost, I have to do work that I find interesting, that pleases me, by and large.”
“The kind of films I do and I've done don't have song and dance sequences.”
“Who are these people who are taking these decisions of casting only young actors in films? It is the filmmakers and the film producers. I don't know if that is what the audience wants because I really believe that masses respond to a good story.”
“There is a fine line between guilt and innocence.”
“Yes, I did have occasional scripts like a 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' or a 'Talwaar' that nurtured the performer in me, but I do wish there were more options.”
“I get roles where I'm the activist type or I'm always morally upright.”
“I do get offered all kind of films by and large, but the bulk of it I may say is of a certain sensibility.”
“I'm not too keen on dancing, I can't dance too well.”
“I have never been ambitious and have always gone with the flow.”
“'A Death in the Gunj' is slightly off-beat in part, not financially lucrative as one would want. But that is a conscious choice that I have made.”
“As far as women directors in India go, I think we should have more of them.”
“I think it can be difficult to get funding for a film, but I was lucky.”
“It is important that all kind of films are made.”
“It is always great to work with Vishal Bhardwaj and his team as they regularly come up with such good work.”
“It is true that there are some surface similarities between my mother and Mrinalini's character since both were successful commercial actresses in the 1970s in Bengali cinema. In that sense I have taken cues from my mother about how to portray the younger Mrinalini.”
“I don't like this word, 'Feminazis,' or 'libtard.' I don't like these words, because I feel there's no true understanding of the word 'feminism,' there's no understanding of the word 'liberal,' and I find these very derogatory and insulting.”
“It seems that the ideal age for a Bollywood heroine is 24, which is great, but it would be nice to see some older women too on the big screen.”
“The discrimination that women face cuts across nationality, caste or class and age. It doesn't matter where you live or how much money you have, women have always been dictated to about what they should wear and how they should behave.”
“We don't live in a primitive society any more. Many of us are lucky enough to be educated. We also realize that gender and sexuality is a spectrum.”
“'A Death in the Gunj' is set in 1979 and we had to mute a joke that referred to Indira Gandhi. The censors also wouldn't allow the tortoise that some of the characters talk about to be called Kalidas because it's the name of a respected poet.”