It Is Because My Roots Are So

It Gave Me A Lot Of Pleasure And Pride That 90 Percent Of The Crew For 'monsoon Wedding,' And Most Of My Film, Are Women. We Get The Work Done, You Know, Much Lesser Play Of Ego... And I Really Believe In Harmony, I Believe In Working In A Spirit Of Egolessness And That The Film Is Bigger Than All Of Us.

Post 9/11, So Much Has Changed In New York That It Does Not Give You That Homely Feeling Which It Did Before.

You've Got To Understand That In Bollywood, Every Actor Is An Instrument, And Yet A Human Being. They Come To The Set With A Set Agenda, Believing, 'this Is Who I Am, This Is What I Want, And No, I Am Not Going To Become That Character You Want Me To.'

My Family Is Almost Exactly Like The One In 'monsoon Wedding'. We Are Very Open, Fairly Liberal, Loud People.

I've Loved 'vanity Fair' Since I Was 16 Years Old. You Know, We're All Colonial Hangovers In India, Steeped In English Literature. It Is One Of These Novels That I Read Under The Covers At My Convent Boarding School In Simla.