Quotes from Shoojit Sircar

I lived in the south near Tughlaqabad. My father was in the Air Force station. I used to go to Tughlaqabad Fort, and there's a huge city park there a big city forest, near the ruins. They were so beautiful. So I have been to those parks.

I am mostly at home and I do my housework, I read and I love watching documentaries. In short, I love staying at home.

Enough of the formulaic stuff. I am not saying pot-boilers are going to stop coming, but there should be other quality-centric films to off-set them, to maintain a steady balance.

I try not to shoot unnecessarily or spend on extra expenses that normally happen on a film set - like actors' fees.

I call it an ensemble cast or the world of 'Gulabo Sitabo' which is about the lifestyle of my characters. I just go and sit there in a corner and observe these characters through my camera. That's how I shot the film.

The first thing I control is the cost by not shooting for many days. It is not control, but somebody has to drive the whole thing. If I shoot unnecessary things, it will raise cost.

The unparalleled love of a mother is always there for the kids, specially when they're growing up and about to leave the family and go away.

I don't watch films that are too unreal.

I had a personal experience of my mum being in comatose state in 2004. I would go to the hospital every day but would not do anything. I would just meet the doctor for five minutes who would update me about her.

I purposely adopted a style in my storytelling wherein I don't have to explain everything or why the story is moving in a particular way.

My films are completely offbeat.

Humor is a very personal, subjective thing.

I love to do subjects that are very common, relatable.

I have been thinking of many subjects to work around football, but nothing has inspired me. 'Sports' is a good subject. But, nothing has inspired me to make a film.

Documentary films have always been my passion, I have done documentaries.

We make films because cinemas exhibit it, and they exhibit as we make films.

When I shoot a film, I take my camera and put it among the characters and let it show you their world, their problems, their happiness and the little things that matter to them.

For me, it took a little time to understand the nitty-gritties of Lucknow.