The whole idea of making 'James' was to make an action film in the style of the 1970s and '80s.
As a director and a creative person, I can say banning anything is wrong.
When you do anything completely different from a beaten path, many tend to pounce on you.
I hate it that there are so many beautiful women in the world, and I can't have all of them for myself.
'Not A Love Story' is inspired by true events, but it is not based on those events completely. When I first read about the Maria Susairaj case, I was fascinated with the psychological aspects, that two seemingly very ordinary people can go completely berserk.
I understand emotions more than anyone else. I study emotions like a biologist studies various species.
'Satya' and 'Company' are two very dark and brooding relationship films; there was no hero.
The shelf life of a specific film has decreased while the number of films required to fill multiplex cinemas has increased.
First of all, 'Sarkar' is not an underworld film. It's about a man at the head of a feudal set-up in the middle of a cosmopolitan city, where he almost runs a parallel government largely due to his personal charisma. And the film is about his friends and enemies and his family.
The problem is I don't have respect for the films I make after I've made them. I detach myself and get embarrassed when I watch them later.
If 'Bhoot' was called 'Man Ke Rishte,' no one would be interested. The title is a very essential part of a film. It subconsciously prepares the audience as to what they can expect.
Sridevi is the most beautiful and the most sensuous woman God ever created, and I think He creates such exquisite pieces of art like her only once in a thousand years.
Stars work because of familiarity. They fill theatres because audiences know who they are. There is a brand equity. But there are films strong enough to not need stars, or films that should not be made with stars at all, where only fresh faces will do. So I make the decisions accordingly.
People favouring their relatives more than an outsider is what the biggest fight in democracy is, let it be in film industry or politics.
I always had a fair share of hits and flops.
Even the biggest flops have been liked by a few select people.
I have learnt the hard way that ignoring a small fry can be many times harmful.
I make movies on gritty topics like crime, the underworld, and horror. I don't make movies with good-looking people in good-looking locales.
Films like 'Satya,' 'Company' needed a pan-Indian audience. The affinity for Hindi film and subjects was there.
I have a habit of constantly dreaming and waking up every once in a while in the night to check out my cell phone, and I suddenly saw a message that Sridevi is no more... I thought that either it's a nightmare or a hoax, and I went back to sleep.
