I felt it was a privilege that I came from such a rich background. I had the best of both worlds. My mother was a Shia Muslim, while my father was a janoi-clad man. He never pretended to be secular.
Films have to appeal to youngsters - it has to have tamasha, drama, and sensationalism.
A true artist is one who, even after doing a lot, he reminds himself that he hasn't done anything.
My mother found herself in a triangular situation of my father and his legitimate wife. I experienced the emotional trauma of that triangle in my cradle.
I don't give a tinker's damn for posterity.
I come from a home where my mother was the only emotional umbrella under which we found all the warmth and comforts and sustenance. My father would come and go, and not as often as we'd want him to.
