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“I am proud of the fact that I am the first South Indian director who has been accepted by Bollywood wholeheartedly.”
“Working with Salman Khan was a great experience.”
“In spite of not taking big stars, I have survived in the industry.”
“I have made films on humor of poverty because I have lived in a lower middle class family.”
“I've done so many genres of films in my career; I've done 91 films so far. But never a thriller. That's how 'Oppam' happened.”
“Mohanlal can play anything, and it's not 'playing' - it's becoming the character.”
“Because of the excellent training in Malayalam cinema, where we have very tight budgets, you are forced to make it work in a small budget and at the same time you have to tell the story effectively.”
“'Hulchul' is a family comedy. You can call it 'humor around families.'”
“Ideally, I like to make my films within 30-40 days, because if it takes longer than that, everyone involved loses interest.”
“I feel it's easier to scare or thrill people than to make them laugh.”
“Mohanlal has nothing left to prove. He has won many awards.”
“I am not involved with 'Hera Pheri 3.' I have told the makers that I am not interested.”
“Bollywood movies ignore screenplay, if you notice whichever movie is a hit has an interesting screenplay.”
“When I saw the original versions of 'Virasat' and 'Gardish,' I felt the content was so good but that they had shot the films very badly. I knew that if I could get such content, I could shoot it much better. That was what I did.”
“I decided not to work with those who do not believe in me.”
“With 'Kanchivaram,' I have tried to study why the dream of an equalitarian society was defeated by an individual's aspirations.”
“It is a lot more difficult to make a typical Bollywood film than a realistic film.”
“When I did a film with Salman Khan, he used to get up at 5 in the morning for shoots. If I can handle Salman then I think nobody in the industry is a problem.”
“Never make your actors do comical faces. Let them be serious and let the situations make people laugh.”