Quotes from Anubhav Sinha

Hindus and Muslims used to be like two neighbors, who had some issues but who also loved each other.

I didn't plan to make 'Mulk' or 'Article 15.' Nor did I anticipate that 'Mulk' would be seen as a new beginning in my career. It's just that these were stories that had to be told.

People call me left of centre, they don't even know why left is called left and why right is called right. They have no clue. These are just you know jargons - created and marketed.

At 17, I went to an engineering college, the entire reading was about fluid mechanics and steam engines and what not, so I drifted from arts, literature and even cinema, because in Aligarh there were a limited number of theatres.

I grew up at Kabir Choura in Varanasi in the 1970s. It was an era when communal riots used to happen every now and then at different places.

I will continue to make films to express my thoughts that come from my observations, from the society we live in.

The people I met for the first time in the period when I was making films like 'Tum Bin,' 'Ra.One,' 'Dus,' 'Cash' would often remark that I was very unlike the person who had made those films. This is not the best thing for a film-maker to hear because your film should reflect your personality, thinking, philosophy and character.

When I started my career in television, there was a certain type of stories that were told. Who would have thought that one day I would get a chance to make a film on a story that is based on nothing, just a slap - a habit or practice that has been normalized for so long that if the woman gets upset over it, society says she is 'over-reacting.'

I am a shy man. I can't call a stranger and talk.

I am from a very vague caste. I don't belong to any of the four. I am kayastha. They are well read, largely clerks so they get treated respectfully.

Physical violence was never an option for men or women in my family.

I am a secular man who believes in inclusion, so balance comes across organically.

Nepotism is an overrated debate. It exists everywhere and I have been telling this from the day one.

I'll keep venting my anger through my films.

Any piece of art has the potential to emotionally touch you and nudge you.

The most dangerous evils of society are the ones we don't speak of.

I have made my mistakes and learnt from those.

It may not be the best marketing thing to do but I don't like talking about my film until I have finished it.