'Salaam Bombay' didn't put a halo on the poor. Instead, it said that they will teach us how to live.

I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.

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.

You've got to understand that in Bollywood, every actor is an instrument, and yet a human being. They come to the set with a set agenda, believing, 'This is who I am, this is what I want, and no, I am not going to become that character you want me to.'

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

It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching.

It is because my roots are so strong that I can fly.