I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.
Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional.
Everyone starts a film thinking that it would be a big hit. But sometimes it goes haywire.
If you make a feelgood film which is complete candyfloss, where everybody is good and everything is beautiful and hunky dory, it won't appeal to the audience.
But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles.
In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.