On trying to get Paheli (2005) an Oscar nomination: "There`s a misreport here about our lobbying at the Oscars. The understanding that we have of the Oscars is very different from how it really is. Because Indian film, foreign films are not known, you`re supposed to hire a PR company which we did. It`s not as if you just go there, show your films, lobby and talk to them. You`re not allowed to lobby as in you`re not allowed to meet the Academy members, talk to them or even make a call to them. You just keep advertising in the `For Consideration For Oscars` category. We took out full page ads in papers like Variety and Hollywood Reporter. The only good thing we did was that we advertised very frequently, it was promoted on the same scale as the biggest of films. We did it because we could afford it." (Movie Mag, May 2006)
- Shah Rukh KhanI was supposed to have done Rang De Basanti (2006), the guy on the motorbike. I didn`t have the dates. They were shooting in Delhi and the dates were clashing with Paheli. (Movie Mag, May 2006)
- Shah Rukh Khan