I think the Internet has changed the world..

I am not born to make dreamy movies..

If you get validation from outside, then suddenly everything you do at home is justified..

The West sometimes doesn't understand Bollywood, but they can definitely understand how Bollywood influences people..

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

I love travelling, and most scripts have been written while I have been travelling..

Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make..

Politicians need a film appreciation course..

It was only in the early 1990s - during my student years as an aspiring scientist at Delhi University - that I discovered the world of cinema..

Cinema is an art form..

Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy..

I don't know if I'd ever want to show my college life in the films I make. I think I've passed that stage long ago..

Conventional Indian cinema is about people falling in love. They sing, they dance..

'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis..

I want my films to be seen everywhere..

There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema are exploring some really bold theme….

The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films..

All those pseudo-Hollywood movies set nowhere, with everybody good looking and having great physique - that's not working any more..

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

Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India..

'Aiyyaa' is a very quirky film..