In 2007, I probably wrote four screenplays in the entire year. Every three months I was writing a screenplay.
I love the new Marvel films, but I am not crazy about them. It is no longer a sub-genre or a fanboy genre. It has become so mainstream. You cannot say, 'I love superhero movies.' Everyone loves superhero movies now.
I was born in Mumbai and brought up between Mumbai and Nashik.
It does hurt that your parents are not together and they are fighting. Looking back, I grew up a little quicker than I would have normally. I spent half the week with my mom and half with my dad.
You want every film that you make to do well, not just indie films in general.
Both 'Udaan' and 'Lootera' were largely rehearsed. With 'Trapped,' I left room for improvisation.
Post my parents' divorce, when I was 10, my mother, Deepa Motwane, took up a job as a line producer with documentary filmmaker Shukla Das, who was a cousin of hers. When I was 17, she did a TV talk show and I helped her with research and assisted her as she was also producing that show.
I think I like reluctant protagonists.
I gravitate towards silent characters who don't talk much.
I'm willing to fail, my producers are willing to fail, my crew is willing to fail.
I love writing but it's a real pain. It's a miserable process - very satisfying but very miserable.
I've come to a point where I am less nervous when I am supposed to start a film. I am still super nervous on the day but I've lost a lot of my fear about what kind of perception people have about my film.
I am very excited about the TV medium and the Amazon-Netflix medium. It has been so liberating to work on these formats.
Make movies that you want to go and watch in a theatre.
The more shows that there are, the better it is for the industry. The writers are busy, if the writers are busy, the actors are busy.
Adapting a book is the most difficult thing because half the time you are wondering what to remove.
I think Raju Hirani and Farah Khan are the only two filmmakers who can balance the multiplex audiences and the single-screen audiences.
Of course, you have to think of the audience. You cannot make an obtuse film that only appeals to a small niche section of the audience.
You have to be honest about what kind of films you want to make.
I am drawn towards the sort of characters who are in situations where they don't want to be in. But that's a staple in pretty much in any hero's journey because if you have non-reluctant protagonist then how is there any conflict?
