'Bhoot' is a hold-on-to-your-seats horror film, while 'Darna Manaa Hai' is a hold-on-to-your-popcorn horror film.
Everything in 'Satya' was by chance. It was a film which just started evolving by itself. I just went mostly by instinct and kept on improvising on location, and the film just got made itself.
I have always put the same effort in all my films irrespective of their outcome.
You are likely to make more mistakes with a light-hearted film than a serious one.
Everyone knows about Amitabh Bachchan being a legendary actor, and I had this sense of arrogance that I can make him do what I want. But what he did on locations completely blew me away. I realised that I understand the quality of performances even more after seeing him perform.
It is stupid to think the audience is a bunch of fools who can be manipulated by long titles and NRI romances.
Modern warfare has become too techno-ish for my sensibilities.
When I have a new idea, I'm charged up and want to start the film immediately, but I simply don't have the patience to wait for stars.
The point is that a filmmaker is like a journalist in projecting reality in the true sense of the word. Only thing is he dramatically packages it to make more effect.
I have become a full-fledged producer. I spend a lot of time on pre-production work.
Today, filmmaking isn't just about shooting and releasing. You've to structure the marketing of a film.
My greatest dream is to make a film on 'The Fountainhead,' which I have been restraining from doing because it is so much in the mind, and I am yet to be able to decode that.
I sometimes think many reviewers write the reviews of my films even before they see them.
Following the West is not surrendering. Following the West, the best of the West, is following originality.
The reason I make more films is that I work all the time without taking a break, and I enjoy it.
With my films, I'm targeting the urban multiplexes, the sophisticated media-savvy young crowd.
Some of my scripts need the larger catchment area of Bollywood. But some suit Telugu films.
In Telugu, I have 'Bejawada Rowdilu,' a movie on the gang war culture in Vijayawada.
I despise all those who fight for peace. It's only the bad guys and the troublemakers who create entertaining and history-changing events.
I think a lot before tweeting. I show it like I don't, but I do. Sometimes I don't mean it, sometimes I mean it, and sometimes I like to provoke a reaction from people. I enjoy reactions from them.
