The World Motivation
At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.
“At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.”
— Satyajit Ray · Bengali
At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.
My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful.
Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens.
When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can't do on a set. I do that because you have to be economical.
A lot of people have said I look Bengali!
I am half Bengali and half Marathi.
Bengali movies are a great form of cinema too. Interestingly, they work with lower budgets.
I do speak a bit of Bengali.
I feel Bengali directors have offered me characters which have a story to tell and not just impress people because of what I wear in the film. That's the kind of roles I want to do.