As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.

The fact is I like Mumbai less and less. My son says, 'Baba, let's go for a drive', and I tell him, 'Where's the fun of a drive in this place?' You get caught in a million traffic jams, and you spend time cooped in your car with all that mad cacophony around you.

Meeting Helen Mirren was a fabulous experience. I had played it out in my mind, how I should greet her when we would be introduced. But the way we met was funny because I just didn't recognise her!

As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

I am grateful to theatre for making me what I am today. But it's not like theatre is my first love. I am equally attached to cinema, which is, actually, a child of theatre, since it borrows heavily from it.

I was very shy and very reserved as a child, very, very introvert.