Quotes by Atul Kulkarni - Page 2

In order to be a good director, you also need to be a good entrepreneur because the director is in charge of everything and everyone on the sets.
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Entrepreneur
Director
Charge
Good Director
Sets
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Meaningful cinema which lets me explore my talent to the fullest and with different roles is more important to me than just doing more and more films.
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Meaningful
Different Roles
Fullest
Lets
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As far as Raikar Case' is concerned, I give the entire credit to the writer because of the way they have written this show. It is extremely intriguing.
Atul Kulkarni /
Intriguing
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I am not really missing theatre as I get to act in films, that too in different languages, such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi, my mother tongue.
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Missing
Mother Tongue
Tongue
Languages
Telugu
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We cannot compare Marathi cinema industry with other regional industries or even Hindi industry. It will be unfair for us. Every industry takes time to evolve.
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Cinema
Compare
Evolve
Hindi
Unfair
Industries
Regional
We Cannot
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As a camera actor, you're constantly in touch with technology. First the technology came into existence and then film acting happened. So it's always going to lead us.
Atul Kulkarni /
Film Acting
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India has a cross section of audience whose cultural levels are varied. So where there are takers for Dabangg,' there are also audience for A Wednesday' and Peepli Live.'
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Levels
Wednesday
Cross
Takers
Section
Varied
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I have been extremely lucky to have worked with directors and actors that have made a fabulous impact in Indian cinema and have received some of the nicest compliments ever.
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Fabulous
Compliments
Nicest
Received
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I have worked with Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan but I believe that if you work hard and well enough in this industry, these are the people you end up with working with anyway.
Atul Kulkarni /
Industry
Work Believe People
Work Enough Believe
Anyway
Well Enough
Work Hard
Worked
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If you have been accepted and appreciated in a particular role, the industry finds it convenient to slot you in that image. You can't blame them actually - a lot of money is involved.
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Accepted
Appreciated
Blame
Convenient
Finds
Slot
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I have no regrets for not having a solo career in Bollywood because when I joined the film industry I was 35 years old. Nobody gets solo leads when they start their career at this age.
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Bollywood
Film Industry
No Regrets
Solo
Joined
Leads
Regrets
Solo Career
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For weight gain, one must do cardio in the evening and for weight loss, in the morning. So, while gaining weight, I did weight training in the mornings and light cardio in the evenings.
Atul Kulkarni /
Cardio
Evening
Weight Loss
Gain
Mornings
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I felt huge after I gained weight as I was never this big before. My thighs started to rub against each other and my arms brushed my sides while I walked. I started walking with my legs apart.
Atul Kulkarni /
Arms
Legs
Sides
Thighs
Gained
Rub
Walked
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At the end of the day I can't change myself. It's only different characters that I play. And in those it should not be me, Atul Kulkarni, it should be the character that is being played by Atul Kulkarni.
Atul Kulkarni /
Different Characters
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I had the Forrest Gump' DVD and started watching. While watching it, I had no intention of writing it. When I started watching it, I got some flashes that it can be adapted in Hindi. That's how it started.
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Adapted
Hindi
Intention
Flashes
No Intention
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As a format, I have watched shows from the West. I have tried to understand what it is and how this format is treated by writers, directors, and actors. I have been studying this format for four to five years.
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Five
Format
Watched
Writers
Studying
Tried
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When I came into this profession, my first condition to myself and my managers was that I don't want to work every day. As an actor you keep giving, so it's important for you to need the time to take things in.
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Managers
Time Work Myself
Condition
Work Time Myself
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Awards give you confidence apart from official recognition. They act as a dose of encouragement, as they are judged by experts. But, at the same time, you can't ignore the audience's response that matters the most.
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Encouragement
Awards
Dose
Experts
Judged
Recognition
Response
Ignore
Official
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I make it a point to speak to the directors and tell them why I don't want to do a particular role or film. If, despite that, they hold it against me, I cannot help it. I cannot do things that I don't want to just to please someone else.
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Despite
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I have always believed that awards are like accessories to a car. They are very similar to the rear view mirror in a car, which gives you the confidence to drive. They sure mean a lot; however, they are not the be-all and end-all of life.
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Accessories
Awards
End-All
Rear
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'Burma' is a new-age thriller on funding for private cars and issues pertaining to the process. I play a car financier, who appoints people to recover the car if funds don't come on time. It is like a bank job, the only difference being they do it unofficially.
Atul Kulkarni /
Burma
Funding
Financier
Time Car People
Bank
Only Difference
Pertaining
Recover
Thriller
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Web series is a new format, where everything, from the writing to storytelling is different. As an actor you have to approach it differently because you have a character which can go on for a long time. It is my duty to be on my toes, understand the new technology and adapt.
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Format
New Technology
Toes
Adapt
Web
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I quit my job in New India Insurance and was confronted by various options. I could either go to Pune to do a course in acting from Poona University or shift base to Bombay or Delhi and study at NSD. I opted for the latter because it is the best place to get a formal education in acting.
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Bombay
Delhi
Formal
Formal Education
Latter
Study
University
Base
Confronted
Insurance
Options
Quit
Shift
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The movie Gul Makai' will showcase the earlier life of Malala and how she was forced and stopped from going to school. It's a proud story of a girl fighting for her own and other girl child rights to education in her village in Swat Valley. I am glad I was chosen to play this role in Gul Makai.'
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Chosen
Glad
Showcase
Village
Earlier
Forced
Valley
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I put on 15 kg for my role as an amateur wrestler in the first half of the Marathi film Natrang.' Then, I lost 17 kg for the second half of the film where I play a nachya,' an effeminate character in traditional Marathi tamasha. The weight gain took 40 days and I lost weight in the next 40 odd days.
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Odd
Wrestler
Amateur
Effeminate
Gain
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I had read an article about a couple who had developed a private forest in Coorg, and were working towards preserving it. I wanted to do something similar and wanted to give something back to the nature from which we have stolen so much. So my cousins and I bought 24 acres of land and we planted trees in that.
Atul Kulkarni /
Acres
Stolen
Article
Bought
Developed
Forest
Towards
Planted
Preserving
Private
Similar
Trees
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