Anurag Kashyap

One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.

To get noticed, I had to take my films in a space which was much more democratic in terms of cinema - the international film festivals.

Indian films have this obsession with hygienic clean spaces, even though the country's not so clean. They're either shot in the studios or shot in London, in America, in Switzerland - clean places. Everywhere except India.

I love Back Stage. I have lots of theater friends and actors who depend on Back Stage.

I was 16 when I got admission in Hans Raj College. I completed school when I was 16, so everyone in my class - Zoology Honours batch 92 - was 18, and I was often treated like a kid.

I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.

I think I had more freedom when I began making films. I did not know what could not be done. I was naive. I did what I wanted to. As you gain awareness, you start losing freedom.

I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic.

It is an entirely selfish decision to turn producer because I want my kind of cinema to last and flourish, and helping young filmmakers make those kind of films is the best way to do it.

Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy.

I love the digital camera because it makes shooting easier and economical. I shoot fast, and I can shoot a lot. I shoot rehearsal; I just keep on shooting nonstop.

I love travelling, and most scripts have been written while I have been travelling.