'salaam Bombay' Didn't Put A Halo On

I Am An Independent Film-maker First And Foremost. I Have Always Cut My Own Cloth.

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.

Every Film Is A Political Act; It's How You See The World.

We Have Three Generations At Home, Including My Father-in-law. I Keep A Very Low Profile, And A Lot Of Things I Do Are Very Much With The Family In Mind. I Have Actually Made Films With The Family Around Me.

I Know What It's Like To Be In One Place And Dream Of Another. I Also Know What It's Like To Feel That Nostalgia Is A Fairly Useless Thing Because It Is Stasis.