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.

There's always some room for improvisation.

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.

There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.

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.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.