MAMMOOTTY has presented an outstanding performance in film'New Delhi'

At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.

Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind.

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

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.

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.

There's always some room for improvisation.

Last, but not least -- in fact, this is most important -- you need a happy ending. However, if you can create tragic situations and jerk a few tears before the happy ending, it will work much better.

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.

Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting

Maybe women forget days, but they always remember moments.

True friendship strives for neither power nor weakness

Children of the light, walk in the light.

... we live in a society of larvae--immature human beings, adolescents disguised as adults.

The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.

Let's hope you feel better now.

Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. All too often, people don't consider that.

I’m a much nicer person, much more laid-back and relaxed, not serious like they show me.

Im trying to learn how to cook.

I'm an American so its kind of hard for me to talk about 9/11. So whenever someone brings it up in a conversation, I say "I didn't like 9/11."