Aparna Sen Quotes

Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there.

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.

Bengali movies are a great form of cinema too. Interestingly, they work with lower budgets.

I have not planned my Bollywood career the way I have planned my career in Bengali films.

Of course, Malayalam has a slightly different way of working because here at least if the movie is good, it gets some mileage by word of mouth even if you don't have big heroes.

The success of 'Kick' will help in the marketing of other small budget independent films I have acted in.

Mainstream Bengali cinema unashamedly tries to copy Bollywood. They forget that they don't have the kind of budgets that Hindi filmmakers have.

The great movies that I want to do now are being made for $2.5-million budgets.

Basically, independent film doesn't exist anymore. It does if you have two or three stars in your film, but it's just very difficult.

The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.

As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents.

I like the intimacy of independent films and I like the idea that people aren't being paid necessarily as much money as some one on a studio film.

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

It just proves good movies don't need 100 million dollars to be good.

The gritty indie films are a lot rarer than the films that aspire to fill multiplexes.

Independent films have a very different cachet than success films.

'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.

A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.

I think of myself as making independent films within the studio system. Yes, I've made movies with significantly larger budgets, and I've also made movies with smaller budgets.

If my films did better at the box office in Japan, it would be easier to get them made.

I make commercial films only. I don't make small, boring films.

That's what I want to continue to do: really odd films, with interesting filmmakers.

The Mumbai film industry has definitely a bigger reach. But considering the rich content of work in many Bengali films, even by new directors, there has to be a better financially backed distribution model for films here.

The audience in Kerala have been giving a good response to my films, including 'Paiyaa' and 'Siruthai.'

I think that the Punjabi film industry is growing and is keen to experiment with different genres.