There's Always Some Room For Improvisation.

Sometimes A Director Is Making Three Films. Perhaps He Is Shooting A Film In Madras And A Film In Bombay And He Can't Leave Madras As Some Shooting Has To Be Done, So He Directs By Telephone. The Shooting Takes Place. On Schedule.

My Films Play Only In Bengal, And My Audience Is The Educated Middle Class In The Cities And Small Towns. They Also Play In Bombay, Madras And Delhi Where There Is A Bengali Population.

You Cannot Go Beyond A Certain Limit In Your Expenditure If You Want To Bring Back Money From Your Local Market, Which Is Very Small After Pakistan.

I Don't Understand These National Awards, Because Half Of Those Who Sit In Judgement Over Indian Films Do Not... Possess The Competence To Evaluate A Film Correctly.

When I Write An Original Story I Write About People I Know First-hand And Situations I'm Familiar With. I Don't Write Stories About The Nineteenth Century.