[on the reason for his seven-year hiatus in direction] My son Aditya made Mohabbatein, which took a lot of time and energy. Then we started looking f….

Though, technically, I'm shooting on location, my films are actually based inside a woman's heart. I think women are more emotional than men, and tha….

Though "Veer-Zaara" is a film about cross-border love, there isn't a word of politics in it. Forget politics, there isn't slap, not even a raised voi….

My technicians are my most important tools. Once I establish a rapport with them, then they would understand me in my next film. I wouldn't have to t….

I've been able to make some wonderful films, but sometimes you make films with great passion - great belief - and these films slightly don't work at ….

What is the point of making the film if the man doesn't marry the girl?.

The secret of being a great actor is a love of food..

I was in Lahore before the partition, so I don't believe that a border can truly separate Punjab. I still think of it as one..

There are only two types of cinema - good or bad..

Mumbai's infectious. Once you start living in Mumbai, working in Mumbai, I don't think you can live anywhere else..

I don't make romantic films. I make films about human relationships..

When I was in college, my brother, B.R. Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in Bombay. He taught me filmmaking. What I am today is becaus….

I'm not making films just to be bold..

When I was in college, I had only one ambition that one day I would like to be a director..

Films have been my only passion in life. I have always been proud of making films and will continue taking pride in all my films. I have never made a….

I always believe that my films should give some hope to the man who comes to watch them for those three hours. If he goes home on an optimistic note,….

Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex..

You can always make a good film but for it to be successful, you need God's blessing..