I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.

I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.

I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.

I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.

It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.

Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as historical documents.