'You cannot drop to the ground, however many bullets hit you.' 'Because if you are weak, this is not the place for you.'
Words of advice for parents who think it is okay to stalk their children on social media.
Sukanya Verma looks at the debutants of that year and how they've fared since.
'In 2015 I watched films in so many places. I attended several film festivals around the world -- Berlin, Tribeca (New York), Telluride, Toronto, Zurich, Mumbai, Dharamsala and Goa,' says Aseem Chhabra, author of a forthcoming book on Shashi Kapoor.
'Badlapur,' says Sreehari Nair, 'proves that sometimes there are more personal truths to be discovered in our trash cans than in our neatly arranged book-shelves.'