I feel like all my films have my politics. As a film-maker, whatever story you're telling, your value system comes out.
So at 19, I faced my first blank page as a professional writer.
Even though 'Luck By Chance' is set in the film industry, the lead characters are people you know and see, but they are not your friends.
I think actors get paid a lot and technicians don't get paid enough and I think that it should change because a good film, which is like a complete package, needs every single member of that team. I think we need to pay them more.
Pieces of my life, no matter how scattered, are being stitched together and reflect in my work.
I have friends and experience from everywhere; I've worked in all kinds of locations and situations and in all kinds of job profiles, so there's a varied experience that comes handy. And there's something nice when you do something you've to push yourself to do it.
When it comes to writing characters, whether men or women, I think a good writer writes good characters. I know many men who, for years, have written strong, progressive women characters.
I come from a space where I wouldn't say all, but most of the films have really shortchanged women. I don't mean just the actresses, even just depicting us in that culture.
Films like 'Scarface', 'The Godfather', 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino' are something I can watch again and again and from anywhere. I love them so I have to make one.
I want to make a period film, I want to make a film set in another country. I want to make a foreign film. I want to make everything eventually. I am a storyteller. I have many stories to tell.
Because you don't have opportunity to study, you don't have opportunity to further yourself. And you kind of tend to believe your lot that this is what you have been given. I think on some level we have colonised people, our own people.
My biggest challenge was when I had my first panic attack at 27. It's not something you can ignore, you can't sit around and get sucked into a rabbit hole.
I'm a writer, so I like nuances.
I feel blessed and lucky with my family, not because of the privilege, of course, I'm grateful for that as well that we never wanted anything.
Who will you replace Dibakar Banerjee with? There isn't another one.
Every time you make a film you want to put something out there and that's important to me.
As film makers or any artiste that put work out there, what you are doing on your level is that you are putting consciousness out into the world.
I mean tomorrow if I want to make a film about a queen that lived in the 15th century, I can't be like I can't make it. I should be able to make it.
In 'Gully Boy', of course, Ranveer Singh's performance has largely decided what the songs will look and feel like.
I think there is nothing more important in forming a human being than your family. It is how you have been brought up and been taken care of that eventually is how you will deal with and treat the world.
