Mahesh Manjrekar

“The fact that 'Bigg Boss' doesn't require any script is phenomenal as then you get caught between lines; here I can be all out and express my true emotions.”

“'Astitva' is all about a woman's search for her identity in a male-dominated world. It is not a feminist kind of approach. Rather, I have tried hold a mirror to the men in our society.”

“Bollywood is never going to take a backseat for me because I have nothing against it. But I have decided that I make at least one Marathi film a year.”

“I don't think there is a better human being than Salman. He is always there for you, just a call away. I have never seen a more rooted guy than him.”

“Everybody should spend some quality time with their family members and try to make the best out of bad situations.”

“I do not want to waste my time by counting films of other producers as I have better things to perform.”

“Amitabh doesn't surprise me because he has been there, done that.”

“In fact, I started my career as a theatre actor, along with Sachin Khedekar, with a musical play called 'Aflatoon,' where I sang quite a bit. So, singing isn't alien to me, but over the years, because of the constant abuse of smoking that I've put my throat through, my voice doesn't sound as good.”

“Audiences make up their minds to see only certain films. They see the rest on cable after two weeks.”

“Whatever age you are in, there are always complications in every relationship.”

“With the advent of multiplexes, the audiences coming in are not bothered by who's in the film. We need not run after stars.”

“I'm not the ideal male. But when my daughter was born, I became more aware of the society she would grow in.”

“I have nothing against commercial cinema, but I don't have the intelligence to project them.”

“We call out-of-tune singers as 'Aurangazeb singers.' I wouldn't say I'm as bad as an 'Aurangazeb singer,' but I'm definitely no singer.”

“My dream is to make a movie on 'Vyakti Ani Valli,' a play based on the famous book written by P.L. Deshpande.”

“I am an actor who gets into a role only when the director says 'action' and gets out of it with 'cut.'”

“Hey, I do take breaks between my shooting schedules! But then, my schedules are like a month long.”

“I don't see cinema suffering because of OTT. We should not lose our sleep thinking OTT will finish the future of cinema halls, it won't.”

“I feel I am incapable of making Hindi movies. But I don't mind acting in them just to earn my bread and butter.”

“I don't make Mills & Boons kind of films.”