I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting

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

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.

I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation.

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

There's always some room for improvisation.