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Prosenjit Chatterjee Quotes
Prosenjit Chatterjee Quotes
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Indian
Actor
Born:
Sep 30
,
1962
Am
Bengali
Cinema
Good
Me
I Am
I don't have a fixed fitness regime, as everything depends on my work schedule and my fitness instructor. But I make sure that I work out 365 days a year for at least one and a half hours, no matter what.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Work
Fitness
Matter
Half
Year
Everything
Out
At Least One
Schedule
Days
Hours
Half Hours
Instructor
Make
Sure
Least
Fixed
Depends
Regime
Work Out
I was never serious about Bollywood films, but when I was offered a film like 'Shanghai,' I took it because it is a good film.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Good
Films
Took
About
Shanghai
Never
Like
Because
Offered
Serious
Bollywood
Film
Good Film
The main reason I didn't work in Bollywood was due to the tremendous pressure on me in Bengal.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Work
Me
Pressure
Tremendous
Main
Main Reason
Due
Reason
Bollywood
People of Mumbai respect me a lot and they are well aware of my contributions towards the film industry.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Me
Respect
People
Towards
Well
Industry
Lot
Contributions
Film
Aware
Mumbai
Film Industry
I wanted to be a hero, then I wanted to be an actor. But always I wanted to be respected as a good human being.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Good
Human Being
Hero
Respected
Always
Human
Being
Wanted
Then
Actor
Good Human
I am a wholesale entertainer.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
I Am
Entertainer
Am
Wholesale
We lack good film scriptwriters. People like Anjan Chowdhury who could develop scripts of pure entertainers are quite difficult to find now. There are obviously some exceptions like Padmanabha Dasgupta. But how many scripts can one single Padmanabha Dasgupta churn out!
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Good
People
Pure
Single
Difficult
Out
Entertainers
Find
Some
Could
Exceptions
Develop
Like
Obviously
How
Quite
Lack
Scripts
Who
Many
Film
Now
Good Film
I want to act in films such as 'My Left Foot' and 'A Beautiful Mind.'
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Beautiful
Mind
Films
Foot
Left
Want
Act
Throughout my career, I have criticized my every single step and I am open to any criticism.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
I Am
Criticism
Single
Every
Criticized
Throughout
Open
Step
Am
Any
Career
Praktan' saw stupendous success in Bengal, can it not be remade in Hindi? It sure can.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Success
Saw
Remade
Hindi
Sure
When I was young, we didn't celebrate February 14. For us, Valentine's Day meant Saraswati Puja. And just a single day in a year can't be Valentine's Day.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Day
Celebrate
Valentines Day
Single
Year
Young
Valentine
February
Single Day
Just
Us
Meant
It is an honour to conduct a masterclass at IFFI.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Honour
Conduct
Mithunda is a great actor. He has done all kinds of roles simultaneously and that's no mean feat.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Great
Kinds
Feat
He
Simultaneously
Roles
Done
Mean
Actor
Great Actor
For an actor, who has done so many commercial movies, who has a large chunk of his fan following addressing him as 'guru,' it's not easy to opt for roles that strip one of the stardom.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Addressing
Chunk
Strip
Easy
Guru
Following
Him
His
Commercial
Roles
Done
Fan
Movies
Who
Large
Many
Stardom
Actor
The Prosenjit-Rituparna jodi is a huge contribution to Bengali cinema as we have delivered several hits.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Cinema
Bengali
Several
Delivered
Huge
Contribution
Hits
My audiences are giving me awards every day.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Day
Me
Every Day
Giving
Every
Audiences
Awards
Cinematically, anything like 'Khawto' in Bengali cinema hasn't happened. Yes, you get such films in Hollywood, a few in Bombay. In Bengali literature, you get such stories in the works of Samaresh Basu and Buddhadeb Guha.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
You
Cinema
Few
Films
Bengali
Like
Yes
Get
Stories
Anything
Happened
Literature
Hollywood
Works
Bombay
I want to urge filmmakers in Bengal to choose a subject and mount the film in a way that there's a Bengali connect. They must not fall into the typical remake pattern.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Fall
Typical
Bengali
Way
Must
Remake
Subject
Mount
Want
Pattern
Urge
Choose
Connect
Film
Filmmakers
Earlier, people used to say no to regional films, but now people all over the world have started watching Bengali cinema.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
People
World
Cinema
Films
Bengali
Say
Over
Regional
Used
Now
Earlier
Started
Watching
It is challenging when you are dealing with people's emotions.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
You
People
Emotions
Dealing
Challenging
My final ambition is to turn director.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Director
Ambition
Final
Turn
At one point of time, most of my films were successful, so I could have launched a production house. But had I done that, I would not have grown as an actor.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Time
Films
Would
Point
Could
Had
Most
House
Were
Done
Successful
Production
Grown
Actor
I watch all kinds of Indian cinema. There are many good films in Bengali, Marathi and Malayalam.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Good
Cinema
Films
Bengali
Indian
Kinds
Many
Watch
I'm very happy that whenever we talk about Bengali cinema anywhere in India, people talk about me with a lot of respect.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Me
Respect
Happy
People
Cinema
Bengali
India
About
Talk
Lot
Very
Whenever
Anywhere
I respect Malayalam films the same way I respect Bengali films. I think Malayalam films have not compromised on the essence and have kept their own statement and are coming up with very good themes.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Good
Respect
Own
Think
Films
Bengali
I Think
Statement
Way
Compromised
Coming
Up
Very
Same
Essence
Themes
Kept
There is a host of directors - Sujoy Ghosh, Neeraj Pandey, Ashutosh Gowariker, Madhur Bhandarkar, Mani Ratnam and so on - who make some great cinema. I would like to work with them all.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Work
Great
Cinema
Would
Some
Directors
Host
Like
Make
Them
Who
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