I had seen 'Onaatah' when I was a part of the National Film Awards jury in 2016. I was very impressed with the film because it was a small but a very inspiring film. Since it touched my heart, I thought of remaking it.
I am a great fan of Marathi cinema because they have been doing great work.
As it is, I'm happy that the tourism department has sent out word to agencies in Delhi asking them to help filmmakers whenever they want to shoot their film in the capital. At least, they are in favour of the filmmakers.
When we were graduating from college, my dramatics professor Frank Thakurdas called me to his house and said, 'Satish, you're capable of doing a lot of things in life, but you should become a professional actor.' I told him that I am not a good-looking guy, how will I become an actor?
Bombay was an expensive place and I didn't want to spend my nights without food in my stomach. For 400 a month, I would make bills from morning till evening and then would head to Prithvi Theatre.
A play called 'Bichchu' with Om Puri in the main role was going to be staged and I was working backstage. An actor failed to turn up for rehearsals and the director asked me to do that role instead. I agreed and would go to the beach to rehearse my dialogues as I had no place to stay those days.
I wanted to reinvent myself as a director.
Salman has always been a warm person. I have seen him grow as an actor and its always lovely working with him.
It makes me so happy to see that there's still so much innocence left in villages.
These days scripts aren't that repetitive and so the roles are getting more and more challenging.
I'm capable of extracting performances from my actors.
Delhi is my favourite city having spent most of my growing up years here. Performing here is like homecoming for me.
I have always tried to play significant characters and have never done cheap comedy.
Coming from Karolbagh, I have been a movie buff all my life.
Haryanavi is an easy to understand language. People enjoy speaking, listening it and to relate to it.
I would like to use my know how and skills in the film industry to promote Haryanavi culture, language and movies.
Entertainment is my forte.
While losing weight I followed a protein diet in which you take 500 calories a day and don't eat after 9 P. M.
In India, multiplex ticket prices are high; therefore people are a bit hesitant. The ticket price for a newcomer's film is the same as a Shah Rukh Khan or a Salman Khan film. Why would people pay, say Rs 400, for a newcomer's film when they can watch a Shah Rukh Khan film at the same price?
Compare with a country like China, India has very few cinema screens, as we have real estate problems.
