I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century.

I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they're not on a fixed salary.

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind.

The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.

My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful.