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

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

Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy.

Conventional Indian cinema is about people falling in love. They sing, they dance.

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

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