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“I love the new Marvel films, but I am not crazy about them. It is no longer a sub-genre or a fanboy genre. It has become so mainstream. You cannot say, 'I love superhero movies.' Everyone loves superhero movies now.”
“Indian audience has a mindset that a movie which does well at film festivals will necessarily be slow and boring.”
“'Udta Punjab' has a brilliant script.”
“My defining moment was when I finally went to Cannes and saw my name along with international filmmakers.”
“You can assist another director and learn the ropes of the craft over the years, but becoming a director is about finding your own voice, so you've got to experiment.”
“Showrunning is when you're the constant creative voice in the show. For a year-and-a-half, you are working on the scripts, you're fine-tuning them, you're the final say on the edit, the music and the cast.”
“You have to be honest about what kind of films you want to make.”
“Everyone wants their film to do well and I am no different from them.”
“Hard-hitting films are remembered for a long time.”
“In India, it's tough to shoot a period film outdoors. You cannot find mud roads without wires, signage and billboards with ads of mobile phones even in rural areas.”
“Multiplex cinema culture has created a level-playing field for directors where small budget movies are able to break even, even make profit.”
“It does hurt that your parents are not together and they are fighting. Looking back, I grew up a little quicker than I would have normally. I spent half the week with my mom and half with my dad.”
“But a lot of 'Bhavesh Joshi' comes from the 'angry young man' - the Bachchan films of the '70s or the Sunny Deol films of the '80s, where there is someone who has been wronged and wants to do the right thing.”
“Bhavesh' is my most accessible film for sure.”
“Censorship is a stupid thing. There should be certification, and not censorship. People are smart enough to understand that if a film is meant for kids, then kids will watch it and if a film is meant for adults, only adults will watch it.”
“I am drawn towards the sort of characters who are in situations where they don't want to be in. But that's a staple in pretty much in any hero's journey because if you have non-reluctant protagonist then how is there any conflict?”
“Most films have a relationship or lack of it. They are about human beings.”
“Bombay is the ideal microcosm of India, of that whole sense of inequality where you could have the biggest skyscrapers next to the poorest slums.”
“I don't think 'Lootera' is slow paced; it's finely paced for its setting and story.”
“I'm happy Lootera has sparked off a discussion.”