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

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.

They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll open your film in Arkansas.'

We have three generations at home, including my father-in-law. I keep a very low profile, and a lot of things I do are very much with the family in mind. I have actually made films with the family around me.

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.

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