My sister Zoya and I have been exposed to the best of cinema of all kinds - Chinese, Japanese, Italian, etc.
I want to do commercial films as well as off-beat movies.
Even as a teenager, my sensibility was different because my parents introduced me to some amazing films. I grew up watching films like 'Kabuliwala,' 'Casablanca,' and 'Mandi.'
When I go to the movies, I like to see something different.
Enough of the formulaic stuff. I am not saying pot-boilers are going to stop coming, but there should be other quality-centric films to off-set them, to maintain a steady balance.
And being as I'm somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I get in the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them.
There's a need to create a space for different kind of films. Let all kind of films co-exist peacefully.
I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
To me cinema can be a much more friendly world if there's a lot of things to choose from.
