I myself got married at a very young age. It has always intrigued me because marriage is very synthetic in an otherwise natural world.
I feel whatever an actor does on screen is something the actor 'does,' and what the director can do is to tell, talk or instruct. So, all the credit for an actor's performance goes to the actor alone.
I'm a big foodie. Hyderabadi cuisine is amazing, and the kind of mutton dishes available at some restaurants in the Old City is incredible.
Expenditure can't really guarantee a great experience. I don't even like shopping; I've never bought stuff for myself, and everything I wear are gifts from my brothers, friends and people.
Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team...
I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places.
Anything I wanted to do and achieve has not been influential in my life, but my failures have.
All the conscious decisions that I have taken in my life have never borne fruit. Not even come close! So, I am just very happy not planning.
I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as write and direct. When I moved to Delhi and joined Hindu College, theatre became a very big part of my life.
'Love Aaj Kal' is not really a road movie, but it does involve some travel.
I used to love Kapil Dev and, like any schoolboy, wanted to become a cricketer till I started dreaming of making movies.
My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
I'm not the 'look at me' kind of a person. I do not like showing off in public or written about.
I come from a middle class background. I have travelled a lot by trains and have lived in the world. It is a world I cannot get away from; I would not even want to.
I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.
I'm not educated about cinema or genres.
The film industry has been extremely welcoming to me. It's an industry which is biased to what they think is talent. If they think you can bring value to cinema, they'll support you.
When you write a story, it just flows and you don't control it. It's subconscious.
