Any hit films, impact-creating films, leave their mark on the industry. It is in human nature to try to follow something that is creating an impact. S. S. Rajamouli Read Quote
Mayabazar’ was the film I immensely loved as a kid. Only when I became a filmmaker about 20 years later did I realise its technical marvel and what a great epic it was. I and my visual effects supervisor, while making ‘Yamadonga,’ took two days to understand the magnification shot of Ghatothkatcha’s persona. S. S. Rajamouli Read Quote
I keep my options open about my next story, there will always be those vague discussions at home. S. S. Rajamouli Read Quote
Without my family, I’m nothing. They kept me in the right place. I believe that I’m the luckiest person in the country when I’m with them. S. S. Rajamouli Read Quote
I am always in self-doubt… every moment of my filmmaking. I am supremely confident when the story is being written and everything is in our head. But the moment we get into the filmmaking, I start doubting myself – from the camera angle to the re-recording to getting the actors to do their shots. S. S. Rajamouli Read Quote
I like all kinds of films; ‘Bommarillu’ is a favourite film. But I can’t make that kind of film. S. S. Rajamouli Read Quote
No director can ever deliver what’s on his or her mind totally, but ‘Baahubali-2’ is the closest I can get in executing what I had envisaged onto the celluloid. S. S. Rajamouli Read Quote
Creating is one thing; telling the story is one thing. I see myself more as a storyteller than a story creator. S. S. Rajamouli Read Quote
To be very frank, I never got very good offers from Hindi cinema until ‘Eega.’ Now, I’m flooded with offers. S. S. Rajamouli Read Quote
Indian epics are full of violence, and such stories have shaped India. As filmmakers, I don’t think anyone in India would tone down violence, keeping in mind the censorship. S. S. Rajamouli Read Quote
