You are only part of the film industry if you are doing well, let me tell you. You will be invited to parties and flowers will reach you on your birthday. When you are not doing well, you are really an outcast.
Somewhere my dad gave up. He was really so successful at his level that after a point he could not handle failure.
God bless IVF because it's never too late to conceive any more. However, having said that, I have to point out that going through IVF is a gruelling procedure; maybe that's why only a woman can go through it!
Before I had my babies, I would tend to be self-absorbed, and worry about little things, but now I am a changed person.
For me feminism is equality.
Every person with a phone is a critic.
I always say that cinema reflects life, not the other way round.
I'd taken 'Om Shanti Om' to Japan and they loved it because they just love the not holding back of emotions.
I have fully retired as a choreographer. I do not have the patience now to make actors learn their steps. For me, that ship has sailed. I have enjoyed 22 years of it.
The best moment in 'Masoom' comes when the boy tells him that he knows he's his father.
Women directors in India have mostly made niche films. Naturally, those films have a limited market.
My experience in Bollywood has been this: You work hard, you deliver, and nobody finds fault with you.
You are punished only when you are not performing as per expectation, and not because you belong to a particular religion, caste, or creed. Here, you fail because your vision is not right or you have not worked hard. That's why I believe we have true democracy in the film industry. How I wish the rest of the country was like the industry!
Luckily, filmmaking is not a nine-to-five job.
I don't neglect my kids. They are my priority. They come on shoots.
I am not an actress.
Later in life there should not be any regrets. Sometimes you have children too early and regret it, ‘If I wouldn't have, my career would have been different' and sometimes when you don't have, you miss that opportunity.
Even as one of the best choreographers in the country, I was criticised for a lot of things I have done in life.
Whenever I visit abroad, people recognise me - it feels great.
People don't wish to watch masala films of the '50s any more. Audiences do not want loud films at all. They are watching Netflix and Amazon that have fresh ideas.
