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

I am not born to make dreamy movies.

One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.

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

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

Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India.

I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days.