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.

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

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.

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

It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn't want to do the same kind of film again, so I made a musical.

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

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.