Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India.
Fans are your greatest enemies because they tend to bracket you. And the moment someone expects I should do something, I break out. I often tell fans who say, 'Make a 'Gulal 2' or 'Gangs 3,' that I am living my dream, not theirs.
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 censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.
I didn't ask anyone to make me a poster boy, because poster boys always end up on dart boards.
Independent graphic novelists have already achieved good work in terms of design, but all these great minds are writing in English. There is a need for people to write in Hindi.
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.
I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films.
I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.
My cards and flowers always got rejected on Valentines Day.
It is an entirely selfish decision to turn producer because I want my kind of cinema to last and flourish, and helping young filmmakers make those kind of films is the best way to do it.
I was 16 when I got admission in Hans Raj College. I completed school when I was 16, so everyone in my class - Zoology Honours batch 92 - was 18, and I was often treated like a kid.
