Conventionally, one looks at history as something of the past. But after Einstein, who knows what is in the past and what is in the present?

Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box.

I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years.

Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had gradually ceased to be a Marxist, and a culture that was becoming more Marxist by the day.

They suggested I should introduce an element of reincarnation in the story. At first, I thought that was silly. But then, this whole time dimension began to fascinate me.

I've never wanted to do something where I'd berate the audience.

I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once.