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!

We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Prakash Jha. But now these people also take stars Without stars they cannot work.

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!

I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old Your days are gone; it is part of life.

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

I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.

In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.