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I can lock myself for months in the editing suite with no noise or distractions. It's fascinating to see the film taking shape.
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I completely work on the basis of my intuition. I don't think I premeditate a success formula. There is no formula to make a successful film.
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Filmmaking is a very collaborative art. Unlike a painting that an artist paints sitting by himself, as a director, you have to work with a team.
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I edit as I write and shoot. Any extra line, any pause that I know will get chopped on the editing table is done away with then and there.
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In non-fiction, I like Wayne Dyer. I have a compilation of his best quotes near my bed! To me he's one of the finest authors.
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When you focus on your own work, it all falls in place. People respect you.
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I have the highest respect for the concept of 'Advait' - the oneness of all humans - that is central to Indian culture, thought, and religion.
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No one sets out to write escapism as a film's subject matter unless, maybe, you are making a fantasy flick.
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When I make a film, the yardstick is my mind. If I laugh at the jokes and feel sad at the serious undersides, then the subject works.
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So you know, as a filmmaker you have to get it all right in the writing stage. After that, one has to leave it on the judgement of your trusted ones and the audiences.
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Whenever I finish a film, I feel that this is the worst film that I have made. This is bound to happen because while writing, directing and editing a film, I would have lived it 5000 times. Naturally, one tends to loose objectivity.
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Nagpur was a very small town. There was no exposure to different kinds of films or world cinema. Only Manmohan Desai films.
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Scale is very easy actually. Put a camera on a jib or a drone and get bloody big shots on big sets, it's very easy. But then you're distracted. If you're looking at the shot, you aren't following the story any more.
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In Hollywood, the system is so streamlined, the administration is in place. That's why every six months Spielberg is able to make a film.
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You need to write about something that you really know about or you deeply connect with. Don't fake it.
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I feel some people are cynical by nature. You show them anything, they only see the problems and negatives.
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Taking nuances from real life will help you make scenes that have never been done before. It keeps the story interesting.
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I have been in advertising and I know my craft well, but ultimately in cinema every scene has to matter, and that has to do with the writing.
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I've often been asked why my shot-taking is not stylish, why I don't think about visual statements. The truth is, style is irrelevant. I never think of the shot as much as I think of the characters and what they are saying and doing.
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A lot of my writing and my detailing of scenes are based on my observations of life in Nagpur.
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100 years of Indian cinema has happened. Anything you do, feels like it has already been done. The struggle is to find a new and unique idea.
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An editor does not just join shots. He creates emotions out of the shots.
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Very honestly, I don't feel 'Munnabhai' is a comedy film. I seriously feel it is a very emotional film.
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I like playing with languages and dialects as we have so many in India. Adding a dialect just makes the dialogues more colorful.
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My natural bend is to get attracted towards things that have been an influence in my life.
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In 'Sanju,' there are too many colours. Some other filmmaker could have taken a dark side to that story.
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Dad had a huge influence on me. I really look up to him for his brave acts. He was an outspoken man. For him, if it was the right thing, he would stand up for the smallest guy around him.
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A director should be in a position where he is only directing. On the sets, he is only looking at the performances, thinking 'How I am going to shoot this?'
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