A biography for Shobanahasn’t been written yet.
“I'm too busy with work to give time to somebody.”
“In 'Krishna,' the movements mostly stem from traditional dances of diverse cultures but there is some use of multimedia that completes the production and nudges the audience into the right ethos.”
“Right from school we are taught to compete and survive.”
“I am who I am because of my experiences, my learnings in this creative world, my travels and meeting new people.”
“You can't apply the term 'lucrative' to dancing, but it does earn me a decent living.”
“'Mirch Masala' with Konkona Sen Sharma was very good.”
“Art has the power to bring people together - in communion.”
“I'm a person who needs to keep working in a creative chakra all the time. That's what provides me with energy.”
“There was a point of time when there wasn't anything new coming to me, but the same old scripts. But, the script of 'Thira' motivated me.”
“I write scripts, I read scripts, I meet people who chat about their scripts. So honestly, I don't feel bad if I don't act in a film, as long as people are making great films.”
“By the way, all the major awards that I have won are for so-called commercial movies.”
“I am basically a story-teller.”
“Personally, I don't believe in International Women's Day. After all, there's no International Men's Day that we celebrate. These are just titles like Happy Day, Teacher's Day etc. I don't understand them.”
“In 'Dancing Drums' I interweave all my mediums into what I like to call, simply as 'trance.'”
“A teacher has to understand the ability and capability of his or her student, their sentiments and varying levels of sensitivity to be able to bring out the best.”
“Bharatnatyam is defined in many ways and everyone has an opinion. But I see it as a consummate art - a kind of fifth Veda.”
“I've seen my audience grow over the years, which is good.”
“When times are changing, I change with the times.”
“I realized that I didn't know much about Krishna. I wondered how he became an icon. So I met archaeologists and read up more on him.”
“For me, Rajinikanth is, first and foremost, a colleague. I don't want to think of our relation in terms of like, say, from 'Thalapathi' to 'Kochadaiyaan.'”