“I've had a weakness for Bengali directors, be it Rituparno Ghosh, Apar...” — Deepti Naval Quote

“I've had a weakness for Bengali directors, be it Rituparno Ghosh, Aparna Sen, or Goutam Ghose, because of their sensitivity towards cinema.”

“I feel envious of people who have been connected to music throughout their lives.”

“Acting was the first thing that obsessed me when I was 8-9 years old.”

“Monica Besra, a Bengali woman from a remote Indian village, was reportedly suffering from a malignant ovarian tumor when she went, in 1998, to a hospice founded by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. Nuns at the mission reportedly placed a medallion with Teresa's image on Besra's abdomen, and the tumor disappeared.”

“After 'Kahaani,' I received a lot of offers for similar roles - from Hindi as well as Bengali filmmakers. But I didn't want a repeat performance of Bob.”

“So when I was tasked with developing a zucchini fritter recipe even I could love, I stole a trick from my mother's Bengali onion fritters, piyaju. Instead of flour and eggs, theyre made with blended red lentils, which manage to stay wispy and crispy against all odds.”