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Cinema is an art form.
Films are like oxygen for me.
'Aiyyaa' is a very quirky film.
I am not born to make dreamy movies.
I want my films to be seen everywhere.
I think the Internet has changed the world.
Politicians need a film appreciation course.
Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.
There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.
I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films.
My cards and flowers always got rejected on Valentines Day.
The lower the cost of the film, the more you can experiment.
Politicians take something out of context to create problems.
There was a time I had resentment against everything mainstream.
I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic.
Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy.
I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.
Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.
In 'Gangs of Wasseypur,' I wanted to take violence forward and play it up.
It is very good to bridge the gaps between Indian and international cinema.
I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days.
Through movies, I have met nearly everyone I have wanted to, except Woody Allen.
Conventional Indian cinema is about people falling in love. They sing, they dance.
Kalki is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I am madly in love with her.
I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.
I love travelling, and most scripts have been written while I have been travelling.
I love Back Stage. I have lots of theater friends and actors who depend on Back Stage.
If you get validation from outside, then suddenly everything you do at home is justified.
'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.
'The Dark Knight' is a really good movie that reached both critics and mainstream audiences.
I didn't ask anyone to make me a poster boy, because poster boys always end up on dart boards.
I do not make movies to send any message, but my treatment makes my viewers think on the subject.
When you are very idealistic, but caught in a world which is all about business, it creates anguish.
India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts.
I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.
We need to stop objectifying our women in what we call our second religion... Our films. And our TV shows.
One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.
The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.
I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in my room.
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.
The West sometimes doesn't understand Bollywood, but they can definitely understand how Bollywood influences people.
In India, there is a psychological problem that movies going to film festivals are boring. It is a problem with exhibitors.
When I'm making a film, I don't want my producer to be on the sets. So when I'm producing a film, I don't want to be on the sets!
All those pseudo-Hollywood movies set nowhere, with everybody good looking and having great physique - that's not working any more.
To get noticed, I had to take my films in a space which was much more democratic in terms of cinema - the international film festivals.
Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India.
The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.
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.
I'm a huge Coppola fan. But more of 'Apocalypse Now' and 'The Conversation.' 'The Godfather' for me is, like, number three or four on the list.
Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during a review.