Thread by @TOI_Books

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@VinitaNangia @WestlandBooks @PenguinIndia

“Gulshan Grover reminds me of a very reliable, bustling energy battle which goes on and on. I remember as a college student queuing up for tickets to watch Rocky and Hum Paanch which are among his early films.” @cinemawaleghosh

“Your childhood was filled with warmth that you received from your family but it was also a very tough life financially. You wrote in your book that you used to sell detergents in Delhi’s posh Punjabi Bagh area in your free time during your school days. ”
@cinemawaleghosh

“I have worked in Bollywood films, and with Hollywood, I still am. I created a mud bath between Bollywood and Hollywood. I was the first commercial actor who transitioned from Bollywood to Hollywood and back.”
@GulshanGroverGG at #TimesLitFest

“I asked Hollywood directors and filmmakers as to why were Indians expected to procure a green card and live there while actors from other nationalities would simply come, work and return to their native lands. Hum apne desh ki shaan hain.”
@GulshanGroverGG #TimesLitFest

“When I didn’t pursue my career based on academics and I chose the path of Art, they were all surprised as to why I did it when I was so good with studies. So they helped, they encouraged, they criticised, they felt strange as to why I was dumping all of this.” @GulshanGroverGG

“Being at Professor Roshan Taneja sahib’s acting school changed my life, changed my perspective towards cinema. That training gave me a stronger foundation to feel less guilty that I have made my parents and siblings go through hardship because I want to be an actor.”

“After Hum Paanch and Rocky was still your struggling phase and a couple of important roles came your way, one is Ek Jaan hain hum but the more important role comes when you get Soni Mahiwal and Noora. Noora was a very, very important role.”
@cinemawaleghosh

“When I was in Russia yesterday I saw how their love for India had not changed. At the opening ceremony of the film festival, one of the songs that they played to which hundreds of dancers danced was Mera Joota Hai Japani. We stood up and danced to it, we were so proud.”

“I was shooting a film in Sri Lanka with American actors, the hero and I are fighting and he surprises me with a punch saying ‘You’re a Badman.’ It is something that has given me a different kind of identity.”
@GulshanGroverGG

“My autobiography is called Badman, there’s a whole line of men’s grooming products that’s going to be launched that’s called Badman, there’s going to be multiple other things called Badman, there is going to be a film called Badman. So, I like Badman.”​
@GulshanGroverGG