Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway, so you might as well marry into a family that is similar to your own, and make that much less of an adjustment. But the 'love marriage', as it is called, is equally common in India now. But it would be interesting to do a comparison of what would work better. Marriage is hard work, and it is a gamble.

I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.

We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.

What is really important to me is a sense of humour and a mischief about life. Life is just too boring otherwise.

Creative freedom is an imperative for me, but it doesn't really exist in a Hollywood game.

Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual.

Bollywood actors are so set in what they want, and the way they want it. And why shouldn't they be? But it is not the same in Hollywood, because the love of the audience is not the same.