I didn't ask anyone to make me a poster boy, because poster boys always end up on dart boards.

There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema are exploring some really bold themes.

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

I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.

I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in my room.

'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.

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