“I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.”
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“I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.”
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“Every relationship comes with a shelf life; that duration could be a minute or even a lifetime. If, for whatever reasons, a relationship cannot last a lifetime, contrary to what the two peop...”
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“Whether people choose to have same sex relationships or relationships outside the marriage - whatever happens between two consenting adults should be purely their business, not the state's o...”
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“I also said, men are like curling irons, they never get out of your hair. And they are like government bonds, they take so long to mature.”
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“The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.”
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“The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.”
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“I'm not the sort to wallow in nostalgia about the good old days.”
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“I think I've had an interesting life. I've done films, TV, theatre and got married. I don't have any regrets.”
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“I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want to make a film for the present generation. So there will be a lot of new...”
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“Acting was merely a pastime; I wanted to make films. But theatre, ah - now that was a labour of love. Can there be anything better than performing without retakes and cuts, in front of peopl...”
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“My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the great saint as a symbol of communal harmony.”
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