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.

If the theme is simple, you can include a hundred details that create the illusion of actuality better.

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras as some shooting has to be done, so he directs by telephone. The shooting takes place. On schedule.

My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population.

MAMMOOTTY has presented an outstanding performance in film'New Delhi'