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I came back from my Engineering entrance exam and told my father that I did the test so badly that if I pass the test everyone else who has written will pass. I realized later that it was a terribly insensitive thing to say to my lower middle class father who was struggling to make [...]

1. You should make a special appearance in your film. Ans: I know I don’t look good. But what you have suggested me to play…… Well it hurt me. I hope my girl friends won’t read what you wrote. 2. Why did you highlight the artifacts in Phoonk? Ans: If I have to explain that, [...]

Someone sent me a printout of a review of Sarkar Raj posted on Passion for Cinema website titled “Sarkar Raj: Get Him While He’s Down Cause He’s Gonna Come Back with a Magnum and then You Gotta Ask Yourself: ‘Do I feel Lucky?’ Well, Do Ya PUNK”. I was thrilled to bits seeing the venom [...]

People when told to see a particular film, the first question they will ask is “who is in it?” This is how a star is born. Because they cannot know how the film is, the least they can depend on making up their mind to see the film is the presence of a certain star. [...]

1. Why is that you turn a deaf ear to many of our questions? Ans: I only answer what is worth answering. 2. Why don’t you make movies for society’s good? Ans: I am not into social welfare. I am into self welfare. The Gaayam song is a great piece of work but if you [...]

Any filmmaker primarily wants to make a film which people will acclaim. The collections are more the Producers and Distributors concern. But the collections also indicate how many people actually saw the film. Does one feel that the film has served the purpose because a few individuals like the Print & Television critics say it [...]

1. This excuse of making films only to enjoy the process sounds irresponsible. Ans: You got me wrong. I am not making an excuse, I am saying that it is the only choice any filmmaker has whether he realizes it or not. Every one of the makers of the 120 or so films made in [...]

The media is a reporting agency. It reports news. News is what you hear for the first time and for it to catch your attention the media has to make the news sound as dramatic as possible. The publications and Channels have no choice but to do that so as to be able to stay [...]

I would describe fear as a feeling which comes out of being threatened with either emotional or physical violence, and it gets magnified especially if it comes from an unknown or an un-understandable source. If you truly understand the mechanics and the motivations of the force which is threatening you, you won’t be half as [...]

(1). To be closeted in pitch darkness. (I would like to see what is about to kill me. It will be pretty dumb to die without knowing that.) (2). Traveling alone on lone highways in the night. (God knows where it suddenly might lead to.) (3). Being alone on a deserted beach. (I have this [...]