Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.

I love travelling, and most scripts have been written while I have been travelling.

All those pseudo-Hollywood movies set nowhere, with everybody good looking and having great physique - that's not working any more.

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

I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.

I'm a huge Coppola fan. But more of 'Apocalypse Now' and 'The Conversation.' 'The Godfather' for me is, like, number three or four on the list.

I love Back Stage. I have lots of theater friends and actors who depend on Back Stage.