Quotes from Tinnu Anand

I started with the fantasy film, 'Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne.' It was a film to be seen to be believed. It was made in 1968. It was partly colored and was made with huge sets, created in a Kolkata studio.

I started my first film, 'Duniya Meri Jeb Main,' with my childhood friends, Shashi and Rishi Kapoor. My brother became the producer. It was nice of Rishi to support my brother by not charging us a single penny.

A cameo is short and you get your money.

Had I been to Uttarakhand in the '80s and '90s, surely I would have filmed many scenes of my films here.

'Kaalia' was essentially a powerful film with punchy dialogues between its key characters Amitabh Bachchan and Pran Sahab.

I came back to Mumbai with the tag of having assisting the legendary Satyajit Ray. I thought that would be a medal, but it became a disqualification. People thought I would only make serious kinds of cinema.

From day one I knew Farooque Sahab was a great guy.

I have directed Amitabh in four films - 'Kaalia,' 'Shahenshah,' 'Main Azad Hoon' and 'Major Saab' - and we have always been hand-in-glove.

I don't think anyone can really claim to be a really close friend of Amitabh Bachchan. There are so many things people don't know, even I don't know. He has a few people who are close and he likes it that way.

I am a fussy eater. I may eat one dish but it has to be the best.

You know, three or four of us, Sharat Saxena, Vineet Kumar, Raghubir Yadav and I were called the gang from Madh Island on set since we all live in the same neighbourhood.

My all-time favorite is 'Charulata.' I find it to be a complete film. The performances, the art of story telling, the camera work - everything fits like a glove.

I knew I could never become a good actor.

When my father got the letter from Satyajit Ray saying I could work with him, I had to give up 'Saat Hindustani.' So I left for Calcutta and Amitabh got the role of the poet that I was supposed to play.

My father, Inder Raj Anand - a famous writer in his own right - was a great friend of Satyajit Ray.

'Jalsaghar' brings back memories of some great music.

I worked with him on 'Agneepath,' where we acted together. I played his uncle. Everyone, including Amitabh himself, wondered how I would play his uncle since I was younger than him. I knew what I had to do. I shaved my head, gave myself a receding hairline and some bald patches. He was shocked to see me when he saw me for the first time.

The good thing about being a foodie is that not only are you eating well yourself, you always want to share your recipes, your experiences, your best restaurants with the world.

Ultimately, entertainment and all the tangents related to it, will come down to one little gadget in our pockets, which is our mobile phones. And such will be the impact of this that they will not just influence but even dictate the content of all the other mediums of entertainment.

I would love to act in the remake of 'Pushpak.' However, I would expect to be given the same freedom that director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao gave us on the sets of the film.

In fact, I don't watch any fiction shows.

Why should I make films for some intelligent people?

My father, Inder Raj Anand, was a well-known writer in the film industry but he did not want me, or my younger brother Bittu, to enter this industry. He would say it was not the place for us.

Many years ago, my neighbor told me that his daughter is very brave and she never cries. I was surprised. So, I took it up as a challenge. I met her and sat next to her, staring at her straight in the eye for a few minutes.