The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

There's always some room for improvisation.

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.

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.

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.

Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens.