"The demolition of the Babri Masjid was the last straw. Naseem (1995) was almost like an epitaph. After the film, I ha…"

"I’ve always maintained that it’s easy to make a film on Adolf Hitler. What is difficult is to find out why he struck …"

"If someone who matters to you takes you down, it can break you. That someone whose approval mattered to me started to…"

"I am a person with a lot of faith and I have conversations [with God] all the time but I am not so religious in the c…"

"There was a complete lack of conviction on my part. Just playing myself doesn't excite me, which is why I thought I c…"

"I did not set out to break stereotypes."

"My work is an extension of the person I am and of my beliefs."