It Is Because My Roots Are So

I Often Begin Movies With Music In My Head; It's A Very Important Dimension To Me. Not Just The Music Itself, But How To Use Music In Film: When And How And Subtlety. I Don't Like To Be Too Sweet In My Stories, And I Like The Abrasive Clang, The Contrasting Of Sounds And Cultures.

We Have To Realize Only In Communication, In Real Knowledge, In Real Reaching Out, Can There Be An Understanding That There's Humanity Everywhere, And That's What I'm Trying To Do.

It Gave Me A Lot Of Pleasure And Pride That 90 Percent Of The Crew For 'monsoon Wedding,' And Most Of My Film, Are Women. We Get The Work Done, You Know, Much Lesser Play Of Ego... And I Really Believe In Harmony, I Believe In Working In A Spirit Of Egolessness And That The Film Is Bigger Than All Of Us.

Every Frame And Every Scene Has To Have An Intention.

I Grew Up In A Small Town In India, But Through Books I Knew The World.