I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music..

I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my o….

There's always some room for improvisation..

If the theme is simple, you can include a hundred details that create the illusion of actuality better..

Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are fl….

I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film b….

MAMMOOTTY has presented an outstanding performance in film'New Delhi'.

Last, but not least -- in fact, this is most important -- you need a happy ending. However, if you can create tragic situations and jerk a few tears ….

Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind..

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves..

Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it graduall….

I don't understand these national awards, because half of those who sit in judgement over Indian films do not... possess the competence to evaluate a….

At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music..

When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth ce….

When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can't do on a….

Bicycle Thief is a triumphant discovery of the fundamentals of cinema, and De Sica has openly acknowledged his debt to Chaplin..

My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi ….

It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn't want to do the same kind of film again, s….

The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days..

I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time..

I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novel….