At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.

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

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.

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.

At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European 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.