Quotes by Soni Razdan - Page 2

I was not nervous while making 'Nazar' because I was well prepared. I took three months to prepare. When I went on the sets, I knew what I was doing.
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Prepare
Sets
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I think TV, at times, is incredibly regressive, but I guess with the way few people are ready to experiment, the progressive streak has slowly crept in.
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Streak
Experiment
Few People
Slowly
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I am the mother, and the emotional chord with my children is naturally strong. So there are times when I might get sleepless nights because I am worried.
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Sleepless Nights
Worried
Nights
Chord
Sleepless
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People opposing dance bars claim that a lot of money is wasted in bars. I want to ask them why not target five star hotels, too, where a lot of money is spent?
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Bars
Opposing
Target
Why Not
Money Where People
Hotels
Wasted
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Actresses do glamorous roles, and then, after 10 films, they do an offbeat one. But Alia didn't do that. She picked films like 'Highway' and 'Udta Punjab,' too.
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Glamorous
Offbeat
Highway
Picked
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I had directed a short film called 'Girvhi' earlier, on child labour. It was a fictional story. At that time, I realised I could direct a film if given a chance.
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Realised
Directed
Earlier
Fictional
Short Film
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I probably marketed myself all wrong. I had exotic looks; I should have done those glamorous roles that exuded 'oomph.' But in my head, I was always an actress first.
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Exotic
Glamorous
Myself Always Done
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When someone is humiliating and harassing a woman, he must be knowing that the victim is needy and left with no option but to tolerate such harassment to save the job.
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Harassment
Humiliating
Needy
Tolerate
Option
Save
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Struggle is always very demoralising. It's not a romantic phase in anybody's life. It's very difficult. What it does is, it brings out your creativity in different way.
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Phase
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I was a complete anomaly in this business. I didn't fit into the Hema Malini-Zeenat Aman commercial cinema mould, neither the Shabana Azmi-Smita Patil art cinema mould.
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Mould
Anomaly
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Like every mother, I also want Alia and Shaheen to be happy. Whatever they do, they should feel satisfied doing it. I'm not a paranoid mother who pushes them to settle down.
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Satisfied
Be Happy
Pushes
Settle
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I wanted to work in the Hindi film industry much more than what I was offered. But if you are a grain of rice in a wheat field, it is not your fault... You are just different.
Soni Razdan /
Film Industry
Grain
Hindi
Rice
Wheat
Work Your More
Offered
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I've never had it easy. There have been fortunate coincidences and instances, but nothing has fallen into my lap. Whatever I've achieved has always been through sheer hard work.
Soni Razdan /
Lap
Sheer
Work Hard Work Always
Work Hard Work Nothing
Achieved
Coincidences
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Alia doesn't need my guidance regarding the kind of films she should do. Rather, she is quite a sorted individual who follows a strong instinct. And this seems to have worked in her favour.
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Favour
Guidance
Instinct
Follows
Regarding
Sorted
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In this country, if a woman wants to work, she has very little choice. After you cross the age suitable for a heroine, there is nothing in the middle; the next thing you do is you become a mother.
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Suitable
Cross
Heroine
Next Thing
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It makes the city unique and hold a charm. In old Kolkata, there are some beautiful old buildings... some of them are well-maintained; somewhere reflects what the city has gone through in the past.
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Charm
Buildings
Reflects
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Acting, according to me, gets better with time and age. The more experiences you have in life, the more you have seen, the better equipped you are to deal with complexity and bring out the depth in characters.
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Complexity
Depth
Life Time Age
According
Equipped
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Alia was a very obedient child. The only thing she was fussy about was what dress she wore. I would have to give her choices, and she would pick her dress out knowing very well exactly what she wanted to wear.
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Fussy
Obedient
Exactly What
Wore
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For a woman, there is a complete dearth of roles to do. Abroad, you really have good roles, and by good roles, I don't mean the film has to be women oriented. I wouldn't mind playing a well-written, small role.
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Well Written
Abroad
Dearth
Oriented
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I don't know what kept us together. Initially, both of us were hotheaded, so we would end up fighting a lot. But there was a lot of love and respect, too, I guess. I believe that's the key to a successful marriage.
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Initially
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Being half Kashmiri, it's always special for me to shoot in the valley and to be there with the locals. They are all very warm people who are very hospitable and genteel and always welcome everyone with an open heart.
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Warm
Welcome
Heart Me People
Genteel
Valley
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Forget being an actor-director: we, as citizens, have the responsibility to make the country a better place. And that doesn't mean advertising other people's agendas; it means looking at what is wrong and making it right.
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Advertising
Agendas
Better Place
Responsibility Better People
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It's tough for a child to deal with expectations that people have if they have a successful parent. A child often fails to cope with the same and constantly tries to find out possible ways to excel - just to live up to the name.
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Live People Expectations
Cope
Excel
Fails
Tries
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I am as curious about my daughter's acting debut as the rest of the world. I think Alia has got the best possible debut under the biggest banner. But it's not going to be easy for her to go from the first to the second film smoothly.
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Banner
Debut
Best World I Am
Smoothly
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To be honest, nobody was running after me with roles, so there also came a time when I did neglect the acting side and was keen on directing and pursuing that. People got this impression, 'She's directing, not acting,' stuff like that.
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Running
Acting
Honest
Impression
Neglect
Stuff
Time Me People
Nobody
Side
Came
Directing
Pursuing
To Be Honest
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I did not bring up my child to think that she was a star. If I had treated her any differently, it would have messed everything up. She was brought up normally, like other kids, in a normal house, and it was a normal, middle-class life.
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Messed
Normally
Other Kids
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In 'Yours Truly,' I was the centre of the story; I was the protagonist. There was a lot more happening inside the mind of the character which was not projected loudly through dialogue and action... As a performer, playing such a nuanced, internal character is challenging.
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Centre
Dialogue
Internal
Loudly
Performer
Projected
Yours
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The entertainment industry is always targeted at young people. Understandably so, as they are the key consumers. The young are the ones who are falling in love, starting out in life; older people aren't. Nobody thinks, 'Now I'm going to write a film about an older person.'
Soni Razdan /
Entertainment Industry
Falling In Love
Older People
Life Love Always
Life Love People
Falling
Targeted
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Compared to Alia, it's little more difficult for Shaheen, as she has a famous father and a famous sibling, too. So, I always tell my daughters to not to pay much heed to these expectations and give more importance to their dreams. They should keep working hard and find their own talent.
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Heed
Sibling
Daughters
Working Hard
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It is easy to say that if such harassment happens, walk out of your job. But people depend on that job. It is about their livelihood, a question of survival. So while we must encourage victims for coming up with their #MeToo stories, we should not judge women for not sharing their stories.
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Harassment
Livelihood
Survival
Depend
Encourage
Sharing
Victims
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I have always been known as Mahesh Bhatt's wife, and I would tell people, 'Hello! I'm here!' This has always been a struggle. I would like to be known for who I am. I'm very happy to be known as his wife or Alia's mother. But I am also a person who, in her own right, has gone through quite a lot of odds.
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Hello
Odds
Quite A Lot
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There will always be people who will first wait for somebody's comment and then attack them. I'll say they are just cowards. They have no opinions of their own. It's very easy to be a sheep; it's not easy to be a shepherd. One should not give a damn about these trolls. One should not give them importance at all.
Soni Razdan /
Comment
Damn
Easy
Importance
Sheep
Should
Very
Then
Always
Somebody
Attack
Own
Them
First
Cowards
Say
Give
Wait
Opinions
Shepherd
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I feel, if I criticize my country, it's not because I don't like my country. I love my country. That is my patriotism. I want to make it a better place for my children, for everyone. And if we don't look at what's in front of us, and we allow things to get out of hand because of other vested interests, then as citizens are not doing a good job.
Soni Razdan /
Patriotism
Better Place
Citizens
Criticize
Good Job
Vested Interests
Love Good Better
Allow
Front
Hand
Interests
Vested
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