As a society, we must not allow human rights abuses to go unnoticed and undocumented; it is a vital mission to fight ignorance of these tragic events.
I searched YouTube for 'deaf music videos' and watched them with the sound muted. I noticed that though you could understand the words being signed, the sense of rhythm was lost. That's when I had the idea to create a video where you could see the sounds you couldn't hear.
Fame isn't happiness, but success and being respected in your craft is worth fighting for. You've got to work hard to be noticed.
If 'Soorma' is getting me noticed, I have the director, Shaad Ali, to thank for it.
Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys.
A lot of people don't know what I do. In the industry they take credit for work because to some degree it makes them feel worthy or greater. I am not a ghostwriter 'cause it is on the CD covers who wrote and did what but people don't care about anything they can't see. The work gets unnoticed and the credibility goes untouched.
We've been in front of really big audiences, and people have said there's a couple of hundred thousand people out there, but I've never really noticed.
You noticed from last night, we only did two from the 80s. And our set's two hours long.
I've noticed that every public health minister has been a woman.
I don't feel that Chinese designers have reached the level of prominence that European or American designers have, but we've noticed in fashion schools in the U.S. and in England and we've seen how much the makeup of the students in the classes have changed there in the last five to 10 years.
