<p class="title">Social issues may be at the centre of R Balki's films but the director says his main aim is to always create a story that starts a conversation and is entertaining to the viewers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The director's latest "Pad Man", featuring Akshay Kumar, addressed the taboo surrounding menstrual hygiene in India and was based on the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing the students of Massachusetts Institute of Technology during their annual India conference, Balki said, "I never do a film for any social purposes. I do it for pure entertainment. My definition of entertainment is what entertains me.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I was doing 'Cheeni Kum', a lot of people told me that India is a young country you are doing a movie with a 64-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman. I said no. I am not doing a film with a 64-year-old man and a 32-year-old man. I am doing a film with Amitabh Bachchan. They did not get it."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Balki said after the movie, he was approached by many elderly people who appreciated its concept.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A lot of people are coming and telling me, I really love your film. It has given me hope in life," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When you do a concept, which is away from what the people expect entertainment to be, you always ride a different path. But I've just done films because I believe in today's world. The biggest need, the biggest thing to tackle is boredom," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Balki said he has always believed in making life interesting and "keep adding some hope, keep wishing life was like this".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The reason I did 'Paa' was I got a meeting one day and I saw Amitabh Bachchan for once playing the fool and saying some ridiculous things and Abhishek having a serious look and it brought all the wisdom. So I said, I want to do a film with these guys where their roles are reversed. I wanted him (Amitabh) to play the son and him (Abhishek) the father," Balki said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The director said each of his films were an attempt to "see life in the way people would wish it were".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn't do this film (Padman) because of a cause, because I wanted to create a conversation. The reason, why I did this film I agreed with Akshay to do this film, only after I met Murugan," he said.</p>
<p class="title">Social issues may be at the centre of R Balki's films but the director says his main aim is to always create a story that starts a conversation and is entertaining to the viewers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The director's latest "Pad Man", featuring Akshay Kumar, addressed the taboo surrounding menstrual hygiene in India and was based on the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing the students of Massachusetts Institute of Technology during their annual India conference, Balki said, "I never do a film for any social purposes. I do it for pure entertainment. My definition of entertainment is what entertains me.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I was doing 'Cheeni Kum', a lot of people told me that India is a young country you are doing a movie with a 64-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman. I said no. I am not doing a film with a 64-year-old man and a 32-year-old man. I am doing a film with Amitabh Bachchan. They did not get it."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Balki said after the movie, he was approached by many elderly people who appreciated its concept.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A lot of people are coming and telling me, I really love your film. It has given me hope in life," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When you do a concept, which is away from what the people expect entertainment to be, you always ride a different path. But I've just done films because I believe in today's world. The biggest need, the biggest thing to tackle is boredom," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Balki said he has always believed in making life interesting and "keep adding some hope, keep wishing life was like this".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The reason I did 'Paa' was I got a meeting one day and I saw Amitabh Bachchan for once playing the fool and saying some ridiculous things and Abhishek having a serious look and it brought all the wisdom. So I said, I want to do a film with these guys where their roles are reversed. I wanted him (Amitabh) to play the son and him (Abhishek) the father," Balki said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The director said each of his films were an attempt to "see life in the way people would wish it were".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn't do this film (Padman) because of a cause, because I wanted to create a conversation. The reason, why I did this film I agreed with Akshay to do this film, only after I met Murugan," he said.</p>