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Rajkumar Hirani
Indian
Director
Born:
Nov 20
,
1962
Film
Make
People
Think
Work
You
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I feel the primary job of cinema is to entertain.
Rajkumar Hirani
Cinema
Job
Entertain
Primary
Feel
I'm absolutely open to scripts written by someone else.
Rajkumar Hirani
Else
Someone
Absolutely
Open
Written
Scripts
I completely work on the basis of my intuition. I don't think I premeditate a success formula. There is no formula to make a successful film.
Rajkumar Hirani
Success
Work
Think
Intuition
Make
Formula
Successful
Film
Basis
Filmmaking is a very collaborative art. Unlike a painting that an artist paints sitting by himself, as a director, you have to work with a team.
Rajkumar Hirani
Work
Art
You
Director
Painting
Unlike
Collaborative
Himself
Very
Sitting
Artist
Team
Paints
Filmmaking
I like playing with languages and dialects as we have so many in India. Adding a dialect just makes the dialogues more colorful.
Rajkumar Hirani
Adding
India
More
Colorful
Like
Makes
Dialect
Dialects
Just
Languages
Many
Playing
I don't think anything comes naturally; you just have to work very hard.
Rajkumar Hirani
Work
You
Think
Very
Just
Anything
Hard
Naturally
There's a big time influence Hrishikesh Mukherjee has always had on my work. I can watch 'Anand,' 'Golmaal' or 'Chupke Chupke' as many times as possible. I just really admire his kind of cinema.
Rajkumar Hirani
Work
Time
Cinema
Big
Possible
Kind
Admire
Had
Always
His
Times
Just
Influence
Big Time
Really
Many
Watch
Vidhu Vinod Chopra is the only man I see around who makes films because he thinks 'this is a story that needs to be told, so let's tell it.'
Rajkumar Hirani
Needs
Man
Films
Tell
See
Only
He
Because
Around
Makes
Story
Who
Thinks
Making a film confusing does not make it intelligent.
Rajkumar Hirani
Make
Does
Making
Intelligent
Confusing
Film
An editor does not just join shots. He creates emotions out of the shots.
Rajkumar Hirani
Emotions
Out
Join
He
Does
Editor
Just
Creates
Shots
I try and get what I want using the strengths that the actors have.
Rajkumar Hirani
Try
Get
Want
Using
Actor
Strengths
You never know the depth of an actor.
Rajkumar Hirani
You
Never
Know
Depth
Actor
I have the highest respect for the concept of 'Advait' - the oneness of all humans - that is central to Indian culture, thought, and religion.
Rajkumar Hirani
Religion
Respect
Culture
Thought
Indian
Indian Culture
Oneness
Highest
Concept
Central
Humans
I've often been asked why my shot-taking is not stylish, why I don't think about visual statements. The truth is, style is irrelevant. I never think of the shot as much as I think of the characters and what they are saying and doing.
Rajkumar Hirani
Truth
Saying
Truth Is
Style
Think
Statements
Characters
Visual
About
Never
Stylish
Doing
Been
Irrelevant
Often
Asked
Much
Shot
Why
Taking nuances from real life will help you make scenes that have never been done before. It keeps the story interesting.
Rajkumar Hirani
Life
You
Will
Before
Real Life
Scenes
Never
Taking
Make
Real
Been
Done
Story
Interesting
Help
Nuances
Keeps
It is impossible to know what people will like. No market research, formulas will help, it's best to stop guessing.
Rajkumar Hirani
Best
People
Impossible
Will
Research
Market
Guessing
Like
Know
Stop
Formulas
Help
Bad choices make good stories.
Rajkumar Hirani
Good
Bad
Bad Choices
Good Stories
Make
Stories
Choices
Most biopics are stories of people who achieve something. It's an easier graph, a rags-to-riches story, or wanting something and reaching that. Sanju's life is not actually a case like that.
Rajkumar Hirani
Life
People
Achieve
Easier
Case
Something
Like
Most
Reaching
Wanting
Stories
Story
Graph
Who
Actually
I can lock myself for months in the editing suite with no noise or distractions. It's fascinating to see the film taking shape.
Rajkumar Hirani
Myself
Noise
Editing
Suite
Months
Lock
Distractions
See
Shape
Taking
Fascinating
Film
I like human-interest movies that are light-hearted.
Rajkumar Hirani
Light-Hearted
Like
Movies
Nagpur was a very small town. There was no exposure to different kinds of films or world cinema. Only Manmohan Desai films.
Rajkumar Hirani
World
Cinema
Different Kinds
Films
Kinds
Only
Small
Small Town
Town
Very
Different
Exposure
Someday I want to really talk about religion and blind faith. I explored astrologers, palmistry etcetra at length till I believed it was a scam. Even in '3 Idiots' I take a dig at them.
Rajkumar Hirani
Faith
Religion
Dig
Scam
Someday
About
Take
Talk
Blind
Blind Faith
Idiots
Till
Want
Length
Them
Really
Explored
Even
Believed
For me, cinema is happiness.
Rajkumar Hirani
Happiness
Me
Cinema
So you know, as a filmmaker you have to get it all right in the writing stage. After that, one has to leave it on the judgement of your trusted ones and the audiences.
Rajkumar Hirani
You
Writing
Stage
Know
Judgement
Audiences
Leave
Trusted
Get
After
Your
Right
Filmmaker
I am not really worried about how others perceive me.
Rajkumar Hirani
Me
Others
Worried
Perceive
About
How
Am
Really
I don't understand why we learn what we do for most of it is of no use to us in our careers. To get a grade, students learn just about everything and later none of this is relevant. Grades become more important than learning.
Rajkumar Hirani
Learning
Important
Become
Our
Everything
Later
Relevant
About
More
Students
Most
Learn
Understand
None
Than
Get
Grade
Grades
Just
Us
Use
Why
Careers
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