It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching.
Christmas lights may be the loneliest thing for me, especially if you mix them up with reindeers and sleighs. I feel alone. I feel isolated. I feel I do not belong.
'Salaam Bombay' didn't put a halo on the poor. Instead, it said that they will teach us how to live.
Never take no for answer, and try to make films that turn you on.
I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world.
I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be, whether it's subsumed within a human being or between two human beings. I want to help us hold a mirror to ourselves.