The West sometimes doesn't understand Bollywood, but they can definitely understand how Bollywood influences people.

The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.

Cinema is an art form.

For me, any kind of thing that has stood for 100 years tells me of the health of that thing. So, cinema completing a hundred years in India just says that it is very healthy.

The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.

Indian films have this obsession with hygienic clean spaces, even though the country's not so clean. They're either shot in the studios or shot in London, in America, in Switzerland - clean places. Everywhere except India.

I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.