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.

Politicians need a film appreciation course.

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

Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.

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.

I am not born to make dreamy movies.