Well, I'll do it as long as I can. I write some films because I need the money; I work on others because I believe in them.

Independent graphic novelists have already achieved good work in terms of design, but all these great minds are writing in English. There is a need for people to write in Hindi.

Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India.

All those pseudo-Hollywood movies set nowhere, with everybody good looking and having great physique - that's not working any more.

People always accuse me of making these dark, depressing movies. 'Why do you have to pick up on real issues? People are so exhausted and miserable.'

I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.