We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance.
It becomes easier to handle controversies when you are a part of the film industry. I just take them with a smile.
I see an incredible abuse of close-ups in many films these days. Why is that?
I have seen 'Thor', yeah. It's fantastic. Being that close to something, it's often pretty hard to watch yourself, but the film in so many ways is so impressive that I was swept along with it like an audience member, and that's a pretty good sign.
Gleaning is getting things that are abandoned. I did not abandon my early pictures, my photos, my early films. It's just going through my body of work as something I can pick from.
A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.
MAMMOOTTY has presented an outstanding performance in film'New Delhi'
If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else.
I've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
A film you can explain in words is not a real film.
Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul.
I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.
I am big. It's the pictures that got small.
Apart from the National Film Awards, I don't see any other award ceremony that I should give value to. My personal experience about these award ceremonies is that I don't trust them. I have no faith in them so I would prefer to stay away.
The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.
In the theatre you can change things ever so slightly; it's an organic thing. Whereas in film you only have that chance on the day, and you have no control over it at all.
You can be good in a good movie, you can be good in a bad movie, you can be bad in a bad movie, but never, ever, be bad in a good movie.
I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.
I know, of course, that by using film we can bring in other previously unknown worlds, realities beyond reality.
I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.
I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions.
They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places.
I love grabbing my wife and going to a distant location to film.
Good films can be made only by a crew of Dedicated Maniacs.
When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing.
