Aamir, Deepika in Conversation with Karan Johar at HT Summit: Highlights

New Delhi: Bollywood stars Aamir Khan and Deepika Padukone in conversation with Karan Johar at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi.

Here are the highlights:

Aamir Khan:
 

• Late 70s and 80s were disappointing -- the disco era
• I feel that from the late 80s onwards there is a gradual change that has been happening very organically
• Our understanding or definition of mainstream cinema has been changing, has really widened now
• Audience has also changed and the filmmakers have brought in fresh voices 
• Film advertorials are silly
• I don't care about big budgets
• It is very important how we predict women in films and media
• On Shah Rukh Khan: Khans are compared because of the common surname
• Not all blockbusters are good movies
• On reshaping cinema - I met this American writer once and she said some things which made a of sense to me. She asked 'what does the creative person give to the society?'
• I feel entertaining society is not the end of our responsibility
• Our responsibility is to create heroes, motivate people, touch the good and make you glow
• We will also infuse fresh oxygen into this country - this is my vision for this country
• No matter how much I expose, you'll still be more  interested in Deepika (responds to Q about PK transistor)

Deepika Padukone:

• Did not feel the pressure in my debut film
• Every film I have done has been a learning experience.
• Everything that I have learnt is from my spending physical time on the sets, with directors, co-stars and my own mistake
• The most important thing is to learn from our own mistakes
• Insecurities can also be very very productive
• Competition does not bring you down
• I am the happiest when I am on a film set, when I am working and it has always been about achieving more
• Katrina Kaif is one of the most hard-working people I've ever met