It Is Because My Roots Are So

I Often Begin Movies With Music In My Head; It's A Very Important Dimension To Me. Not Just The Music Itself, But How To Use Music In Film: When And How And Subtlety. I Don't Like To Be Too Sweet In My Stories, And I Like The Abrasive Clang, The Contrasting Of Sounds And Cultures.

I Grew Up In A Small Town In India, But Through Books I Knew The World.

Every Frame And Every Scene Has To Have An Intention.

We All Know The Power Of Film; We All Know There's Almost Nothing More Powerful Than To See People On Film That Look And Talk Like You, Like We Do.

I've Loved 'vanity Fair' Since I Was 16 Years Old. You Know, We're All Colonial Hangovers In India, Steeped In English Literature. It Is One Of These Novels That I Read Under The Covers At My Convent Boarding School In Simla.