The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.

There's always some room for improvisation.

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.

I don't understand these national awards, because half of those who sit in judgement over Indian films do not... possess the competence to evaluate a film correctly.

The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.

My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful.