Kabir Khan Quotes

Kabir Khan

Profession : Director

Birth : September 14, 1968

I have been to Afghanistan many times, even before the Taliban collapsed. I was fascinated by the country.

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If you do anything high profile in Afghanistan, the threats are bound to come. And there is nothing more high profile there than shooting a Hindi feature film.

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83' is an emotional catharsis for people.

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I personally believe that Bollywood definitely is one of the strongest elements that India has in a soft power.

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When I announced 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' somehow people thought it was a story of a Muslim and a Pandit girl. I started getting hate mail.

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When I got the opportunity to start making films, I just decided that I would want to add strong context to my stories.

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I feel audiences will really enjoy 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan.' They will enjoy watching Salman in a very different kind of role.

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Immediately after film school, I got an opportunity to work as a freelance cameraperson. I used to shoot a documentary film for the Discovery Channel called 'Beyond the Himalayas.' It was sponsored by Mahindra and Mahindra.

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I think OTT platforms are open to taking bigger risks.

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We have been saying that content is king for so many years now. Finally, OTT platforms are approving that.

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My locations are almost like a character in my films.

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What can you change about Deepika Padukone? It's perfection over there.

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I would give my right arm to do a film with Salman again. My association with him has been really good for me. I've learnt a lot.

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As human beings you cannot be apolitical, the way we frame a character is telling our politics.

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In the first avatar of Taliban in 1996 -2001, forget films, they did not even allow photography. The only photographers that were allowed to operate were passport photographers.

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Before me, the most famous person from the institute was of course Shah Rukh Khan. He didn't come to become a filmmaker, he came to become an actor. But he was my senior in MCRC. I used his notes to study in fact. I knew Shah Rukh before he joined the industry.

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If you want to demonise the Mughals, please base it on some research and make us understand why; why they were the villains that you think they were. Because if you do some research and read history, it's very tough to understand why they have to be villainised.

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I can understand when a filmmaker has researched something and a filmmaker wants to make a point... Of course, there can be different viewpoints.

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I have realised the toxicity or negative impact of social media is more than the positive impact.

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New York' is based on part of the political canvas of 9/11, but it speaks of prejudices after the great human tragedy. It is a definite and very relevant subject about post-9/11 prejudices that have increased after the attacks.

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