Vivek Agnihotri

“I enjoy working on different genres.”

“Rahul Gandhi himself doesn't have any vision or the political acumen to be able to differentiate between sycophancy and sincere advice.”

“Content means a film that makes a difference, it means it says something.”

“I have a wish list for 'Awwal.' I want to work with Ajay Devgn. I need an entertainer, a big star as this is a big film. I feel Ajay will be suitable for the film. He can seriously carry a comic role.”

“I am not that kind of a director who makes two films per year.”

“I did 'Junooniyat' because I wanted to challenge myself.”

“I was making commercial films like 'Chocolate' and 'Hate Story.' Then came a time when I realised that such stories only entertain for a week, and then we forget about them.”

“Hardik Patel and Kanhaiya Kumar are absolutely intellectual terrorists - they have been created.”

“Buddha' is my third film but I chose to release 'Hate Story' first because I wanted commercial success.”

“I am extremely honoured by Indian Council For Culture Relations, India's apex body on the promotion of great Indian culture across the world for including cinema and I am deeply honoured for being the first person from the Indian film industry to represent the cause of this industry in the overall cultural promotion globally.”

“In India, we surrender and compromise. We end up getting a star who is not fitting the character.”

“The Chinese countryside has become a slave labour camp and dumping ground for every imaginable pollutant. The rural peasantry is being sucked dry by corrupt government tax collectors.”

“Without the Naval Uprising of 1946, the story of India's freedom will never be complete.”

“In this industry, people want a 'yes sir' attitude. But ad men usually have a chip on their shoulders. We have more money and are more successful. We call everyone by the first name. My assistants call me Vivek but I don't care.”

“People call me a Modi bhakt now. I used to be a Marx bhakt. I was part of what I now call the intellectual mafia. I used to believe in it, and worked for it. My eyes opened up when I began to travel, and meet different kinds of people.”

“When we make political films, there are people with political opinions. They try to discredit you and run you down.”

“I was one of those students that would protest and think the unrest will help create a revolution.”

“I never had the guts to tell my parents that I wanted to be a filmmaker. I had to take a very long route to finally arrive here.”

“The Kashmir Files' is based on the mass exodus of Kashmiri pandits from the valley in 1989-90 due to militancy.”

“Real heroes and true leaders have emerged only when they were wounded and were left alone to die.”