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1. The lone buoy donging sound in JAWS is the best example for sound. Ans: Yes, it is. That greatly inspired me. Really appreciate that in the days of people mostly not even remembering stories of the films they see after a few days, you actually still remember a sound effect. 2. Why are you [...]

I am fundamentally against blotting out any comments as I do not mind any amount of criticism, ridicule, etc. But some of the comments here lately have become so bland, inane, boring and irritating that I am loosing interest in going through all of them so as to reach a few interesting ones. So I [...]

1. Why the hell are you so arrogant? And: You need a little bit of intelligence to realize the difference between arrogance and confidence. 2. Anyone can read a few books on philosophy and make a movie. Don’t be proud that you are a director. These are millions of people more talented than you. Ans: [...]

Well, I have been punched, kicked and almost been killed by so many others for so many other things I said. Unfortunately for many of you out there, I didn’t die.

Sorry for what I asked of you guys through the section “Thoughts that grew me”; that is to send whatever you heard or thought, so that if it appeals to me I will put it in this section.

We are all born with a blank mind and from then on we keep absorbing various thoughts picked from our parents, our teachers, books, friends, colleagues…

1.Why were your assistants not as successful as you are? Ans: I will tell you that the day I come to know why I myself was successful in the first place. 2. How did you characterize Kay Kay for Vishnu’s role in Sarkar? Ans: Compared to the novel I always felt that Sonny Corleone’s role [...]

Many commented on whether I would speak or behave like this if I was not successful. The word success itself is highly relative. People constantly live in either a fear of losing or in a hope of gaining.

Hi, Kishan, 15 years back I read in the foreword of a Stephen King novel where he mentioned that when he gave the manuscript of that novel to his daughter before publication, after finishing reading she apparently said that she liked it so much that she feared that it will end…

1. Do you keep changing your directorial approach like for instance, post Naach till Sarkar Raj I see a difference? Ans: Directorial approach largely depends on the theme of the film and the characters I am dealing with. 2. In Sarkar how were the killings of Selvar Mani, Vishram and Rashid countsructed? Ans: In real [...]