The most interesting part of IIFA is that I get to meet filmmakers from India. I just attended a symposium on Satyajit Ray with Rituparno Ghosh and o….

I've never seen or heard of a mob sitting down to read a film script..

We cannot force our self to stay longer with something,situation or with the person who we don't really like . The best decision is to move on so the….

I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that..

I simply can't understand the stereotyping women as film makers who make soppy family dramas. Look at Katherine Bigelow: she has directed Point Break….

It was difficult in India to find an eight year old who could play a widow. The reason for that is that most of the children in India are really expo….

Even though ashrams... probably still exist in India, you don't find a child widow anymore..

I think it's really important not to be so judgmental and not to be so fearful. Try to have confidence in yourself. Don't depend so much on what othe….

Once the script is done, I put it aside for a month. I start thinking of all the films that have influenced me, which I have liked for different reas….

Oh my God! Why did I leave India? I fell in love with a white man. That's what it was. It was the most boring, predictable reason in the world. I met….

To make a film is very difficult - it doesn't make a difference whether you are a man or a woman.

One of the things that I really love about doing a film is working with actors and the whole casting process. I feel I'm not looking for actors. I fe….

While we're working on the script, I never see any films. I make it a point because I don't want to get distracted. I don't want to be influenced, an….

When I was exposed to the history and the cultural background of why women whose husbands die, why they have to become ascetic or live a life that is….

My screenplays are very detailed. The reason they're detailed... you have to think on your feet. You have to be ready to change because there are no ….