Kabir Khan Quotes

Kabir Khan

Profession : Director

Birth : September 14, 1968

Post 'Ek Tha Tiger,' which was a more mainstream, action film, I spent a lot of time with Salman and I realised that he has a very strong commitment and believes strongly about certain issue and one of them is secularism in India.

Kabir Khan

Honestly, one doesn't expect any awards, let alone a National Award.

Kabir Khan

For so long, we have believed that commercial cinema is nonsensical, but 'Bajrangi' was not nonsense.

Kabir Khan

When I used to watch Bollywood films, I would struggle with the fact that our cinema was set in La La Land, with no social or political context. So I decided that whenever I make a film, I'll try to put some context about what's happening.

Kabir Khan

Earlier, there used to be a taboo and people would say, 'Oh, don't put politics in your films; the audience don't watch it.' But if you engage them through your characters, they are ready to follow any politics or the world you've created.

Kabir Khan

Shah Rukh is someone I've always looked up to as a senior. He is also probably the most well read person in the industry.

Kabir Khan

We really enjoyed making 'Bajrangi' and the people appreciated it and gave it a kind of love which was unprecedented. But I don't think that can become the benchmark for us. You'll always be under pressure if you compare any new film that you make with the one that did so spectacularly well.

Kabir Khan

The main idea of making a movie is to provide entertainment. But as a director, I also say what I want to say with my movie. If a person can access the subtext, great! But on face value, the movie should hit the mark with its audience.

Kabir Khan

What is the point of telling stories if they don't reach people? As a filmmaker, you want a certain interaction with the audience.

Kabir Khan

There is no audience for documentary films in India.

Kabir Khan

I was shooting in Afghanistan in 2001, post 9/11. America was shelling the country and all the normal ways to enter the country were closed. So, we bribed the pilot of a Russian military helicopter who was flying medical help to Kabul, but 40 minutes into the ride, he asked us to jump off.

Kabir Khan

I think we are unnecessarily obsessed by Oscars.

Kabir Khan

Let's not forget Oscars is an award ceremony for the U.S. film industry which has one category amongst the various categories called best foreign film.

Kabir Khan

Americans view film from their perspective like all of us do and our perspective don't necessarily need to match.

Kabir Khan

As long as a movie churns its own profit for their own budget it should be fine.

Kabir Khan

I don't consciously aim at shooting movies in different locations but if my films feature never-seen-before locations, then why not.

Kabir Khan

Most of my films have revolved around international politics. So the locations you have seen so far in 'Ek Tha Tiger' and 'Kabul Express' were organic to the film's narrative.

Kabir Khan

Nobody wants to go to war.

Kabir Khan

Anybody who says going to war is great, I think, is acting stupid.

Kabir Khan

I think getting trolled for anything you say is becoming a bit too much.

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