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.

There's always some room for improvisation.

I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my own treatment and then compare it.

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

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

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

Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it gradually changed over the years.