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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.