Arjun Rampal: “Oh Teri! Yeh jeet gaya?”

Actor Arjun Rampal: “Oh Teri! (Oh my God) Yeh jeet gaya? (he won?). Hope all visiting America have got their visas!!!”

Bollywood has mixed reactions to Donald Trump’s win in the US Presidential Election

Donald Trump won the presidential election in USA as the world closely watched.

While many disliked him for his 'radical' thought and comment against women, some intellectuals liked his aggressiveness and anti-terrorist statements.

In the run up to the US elections an emerged from India. Someone had printed out a picture of Donald Trump’s face and thumbed vermillion on his forehead, in a sign of reverence. There he sat alongside the incense, offerings and Hindu gods.

In India, intellectuals and business people have welcomed Trump’s victory. They expect Trump will create a new chapter of relationship with India.

Here are a few from inside the Indian film industry voicing their opinion.

Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit

Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit

“Congratulations Donald Trump for being elected as the 45th President of America with a great mandate.”

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma

“I predicted Trump’s win and now my prediction is he will be greatest president ever. Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy will be forgotten.”

Sophie Choudry

Sophie Choudry

“One thing is for sure. It’s not Obama who proved anyone could be president. It is Trump who has trumped them all!”

Filmmaker Shirish Kunder

Filmmaker Shirish Kunder

“Good thing about Donald Trump becoming President is that now we can use the same tweets for Indian and American politics.”

Director Shekhar Kapur

Director Shekhar Kapur

“Donald Trump 45th President of the United States! US Media is realising they no longer represent the opinion of the majority.”

Abhishek Kapoor

Abhishek Kapoor

“America… breatheee… it’s gonna be ok. Change is the only constant.”

Director Vikram Bhatt

Vikram Bhatt

“TRUMP? Now the US has their own version of Brexit!!”

Music director Vishal Dadlani

Vishal Dadlani

“Leaving NYC. Hoping to pass out on the plane, and wake up in London, to find that Trump was a horrific collective nightmare, but it’s not.”

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“Tabu is a director’s dream”

Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor, who roped in Tabu to play a prominent role in 'Fitoor', says she is a director's dream.

Veteran actress Rekha was initially roped in to play the character of Begum in 'Fitoor', but she walked out of the project in May 2015 and the role went to Tabu.

"Tabu is one of the few actresses who can mould herself according to the character. She is a dream for a director," Kapoor told reporters in a group interview.

"She never looks into mirror or monitor and always trusts the crew on sets.

“I am thankful to Tabu who stepped in at the last moment and got into the skin of the character within three to four days," added the filmmaker. Kapoor, who has widely shot 'Fitoor' in Kashmir, says he was very clear that he wanted to shoot this film in that state.

"Many people told me not to shoot in Kashmir and gave me the option to shoot either in Himachal or abroad, but Kashmir has a different beauty altogether. Dal Lake in Kashmir is something I can't take it away from the film. I was adamant I will make my film in Kashmir," said Kapoor.

The movie is an adaptation of Charles Dickens classic novel "Great Expectations" and will have Katrina Kaif playing Firdaus while Aditya Kapoor will portray the character of Noor. The film also stars Aditi Rao Hydari, Lara Dutta and Rahul Bhatt.

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