Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India.

'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.

I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.

I do not make movies to send any message, but my treatment makes my viewers think on the subject.

Through movies, I have met nearly everyone I have wanted to, except Woody Allen.

The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.

Cinema is an art form.

Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.

One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.

Films are like oxygen for me.

I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.

Nothing Stays Secret Forever

She stops speaking, but I can hear her silent sobs. They’re the loudest thing I’ve ever heard.

I should very much like to remain in the darkness of not having been analyzed.

I could never be with a woman who felt like she needs to change me.

Life is tough, and it's really tough when you're stupid.

Love does not come to those who seek it, but to those who give love. It is a binding force between souls who have nothing to give but themselves to one another.

You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Does that make sense?

All true opinions are living, and show their life by being capable of nourishment; therefore of change. But their change is that of a tree not of a cloud.

... the ancient joy of helping the tribe to survive is constantly rekindled in the engineer's heart.

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.