Quotes

• 1."Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during a review."




• 2."India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts."




• 3."The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience."




• 4."I didn't ask anyone to make me a poster boy, because poster boys always end up on dart boards."




• 5."There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film."




• 6."One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film."




• 7."I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days."




• 8."'The Dark Knight' is a really good movie that reached both critics and mainstream audiences."




• 9."I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget."




• 10."“I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget."




• 11."“I do not make movies to send any message, but my treatment makes my viewers think on the subject."




• 12.“For me, any kind of thing that has stood for 100 years tells me of the health of that thing. So, cinema completing a hundred years in India just says that it is very healthy.”




• 13.“I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.”




• 14.“I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in my room.”




• 15.“I'm a huge Coppola fan. But more of 'Apocalypse Now' and 'The Conversation.' 'The Godfather' for me is, like, number three or four on the list.”