Mahesh Bhatt

My father did not live with us. When he came home, he never took off his shoes - he wouldn't be staying. My father had another family: Although my father had two homes, he paid for our education and household expenses.

I am not a person who believes in austerity or denial.

Everyone claims to have found the 'Holy Grail' - the perfect formula that can guarantee a hit in Bollywood. But those who seriously believe in it are deluded.

The world is not a static place. People change, evolve.

My mother found herself in a triangular situation of my father and his legitimate wife. I experienced the emotional trauma of that triangle in my cradle.

I come from a home where my mother was the only emotional umbrella under which we found all the warmth and comforts and sustenance. My father would come and go, and not as often as we'd want him to.

Hamari Adhuri Kahani' is a very emotional perspective on a traditional Indian woman.

Human beings are free to worship anyone or anything.

At the end of the day, human beings make mistakes.

India was going though a difficult time in 1997. We had revolving door governments.

A person doesn't only give money to watch a film: he also gives his time.

Cinema now can't be just about introspection and atma manthan; such topics won't work.