Shweta Basu Prasad

“Cinema immortalizes ordinary people. Not just the ones we watch on the silver screens, but also the behind the scene heroes.”

“I would steal a lot of saris from my nani's cupboard.”

“A role and character are never the same.”

“I have grown up watching Satyajit Ray, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Basu Chatterjee, Ritwik Ghatak, Raj Kapoor; listening to SD Burman, RD, Kishore Kumar and Salil Chowdhury.”

“What is memory? To remember is an effort and to forget, effortless. And some memories get etched so deep in our system that they are remembered effortlessly.”

“To sleep is to give complete rest to body and mind.”

“I wish there was a museum of sorts for legends like Ellis R Dungan and many others who disappear with the turn of page in the book of time.”

“A child is born into a family that he/she does not choose, but is destined to be born in. And that child follows that particular family/society's traditions. Most of which is important and perhaps, are ought to be followed.”

“To imagine the undiscovered is both thrilling and scary, yet fascinating to think about the plausibility of life on a new planet.”

“It was fun playing a pregnant woman. I have seen my cousins and friends go through the beautiful journey of being a mother and I tried to copy them.”

“Music moves the deepest emotions, stirs buried memories, makes one forget yet creates new feelings and sometimes cures illness too.”

“Folk tales are my favourite form of story telling. They not only just adjust the reader according to the world it is introducing the reader to, but also enchant the reader with its mysterious and magical characters.”

“There are several new species that are discovered each year on our planet alone, science suggests that there could be many more worlds like ours.”

“The best time for most people is the time when we hit the bed. To drain the entire day's energy into the undiscovered realm of dreams. To see and meet the unknown while we snooze swimming in the clouds.”

“Folk tales, which are usually written for children, become a bigger lesson for adults.”

“At every phase in our life, we make memories that we cherish all our lives.”

“Humans, being the only race to pay for living on this planet, have over the centuries become dependent on money. But what if money becomes a curse? Just like too little money can become a problem, so can too much money.”

“Platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. have been a great escape for a lot of people who don't watch television and want to ditch the heavy priced tickets and snacks at the movie theaters. And the number is only growing.”

“All of us at some point in life regret for things we did and did not do in life.”

“Women become aunties as soon as they are married while men become sir. And this happens not just in India but everywhere in the world, including Brazil.”