A biography for Vivek Agnihotrihasn’t been written yet.
“In India's eastern side, there are communist terror outfits and in the western side there are Islamic terror organisations. These outfits ensure that there is always a state of anarchy.”
“Arundhati Roy has been called many things, including a terrorist.”
“When a country's government is involved in something, no filmmaker tries to make a film on it.”
“I was busy in making a film called 'Buddha in a Traffic Jam' and it consumed two and half years.”
“For a love story, basic emotion should be there, you need a combination of everything. Good chemistry between the actors, music, script. If even one of them is not in place, the magic will not be there.”
“I am not a part of Bollywood. Nobody cares about me in Bollywood and I have mentally resigned from Bollywood long ago. I am an independent filmmaker.”
“I don't believe in preachy films. I don't like such films. Having said that, I don't even enjoy films that only 'entertain.' That way, even the circus entertains.”
“If one tries to expose the Harvey Weinsteins of Bollywood, some very big empires and icons will fall down. My nephew was a victim of one of those. But who will fight their muscle? You need many Kangana Ranauts for that.”
“Bengali women have a lot of sensual appeal.”
“Censor board should be abolished.”
“I am very passionate about mentoring, training and channelising the youth energy of India because I believe the youth of India is extremely creative and if we can channelise their energies in the right direction, we can make India a global leader in the creative and innovative areas.”
“Anil Kapoor is a star. He reinvented the characterisation of heroism.”
“China understands that without energy there is no growth and without growth there is no power.”
“Whenever I visit Lucknow my soul gets refreshed.”
“I knew 'Hate Story' would work. I had expected a great opening but the fact that it has completed 50 days at the box office is an overwhelming feeling.”
“I have a connection with Bengali heroines. I have worked with Tanushree Dutta and Bipasha Basu.”
“While thinking about 'Freedom,' I took 'Hate Story' as a challenge and did justice to it. We shot it like a beautiful international thriller.”
“Be it at JNU or any institute, students want India to shine. They want the country to get rid of mediocrity and hypocrisy.”
“There is nothing wrong with socialism or communism but they are irrelevant now. Some intellectual terrorists are provoking people in the name of these ideologies just like some religious terrorists go and demolish mosques and want to build temples in their place.”
“I don't think content matters at all. Content won't matter unless it matters to the stars. Producers are helpless people... They don't dictate or guide content. It is dictated purely by stars.”