My films, no one else will do.

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.

My films, no one else will do.

Post 9/11, so much has changed in New York that it does not give you that homely feeling which it did before.

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

My family is almost exactly like the one in 'Monsoon Wedding'. We are very open, fairly liberal, loud people.

I've never sought to be on an A-list. I've done my own thing and my own thing has thankfully now brought me an audience.