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

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

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

I don't know if I'd ever want to show my college life in the films I make. I think I've passed that stage long ago.

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.

Films are like oxygen for me.

'Aiyyaa' is a very quirky film.