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" When you write a story, it just flows and you don't control it. It's subconscious. "

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" Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home. "

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" I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places. "

" Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with 'Highway,' there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended 'Highway' to be the first film that I ever made. Didn't happen. "

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" If a person wants to enjoy attention, he will create situations to get it. "

" I feel whatever an actor does on screen is something the actor 'does,' and what the director can do is to tell, talk or instruct. So, all the credit for an actor's performance goes to the actor alone. "

" Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys. "

" Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine. "

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" I'm a big foodie. Hyderabadi cuisine is amazing, and the kind of mutton dishes available at some restaurants in the Old City is incredible. "

" I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that. "

" I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as write and direct. When I moved to Delhi and joined Hindu College, theatre became a very big part of my life. "

" I'm not the 'look at me' kind of a person. I do not like showing off in public or written about. "

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" The film industry has been extremely welcoming to me. It's an industry which is biased to what they think is talent. If they think you can bring value to cinema, they'll support you. "