Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage.
“Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage.”
The World Motivation
Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage.
“Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage.”
Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage.
'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?
Television moves fast, and you don't have the indulgences you have when you're shooting movies of so many takes because there are tight deadlines.
I visit India a lot.
I don't think I have the pulling power of Jim Carrey.
People tend to believe that to be modern you have to disengage from your heritage, but it's not true.
I'm so proud of my heritage, and I know who my fans are.
If you go to Udaipur, even the locals from the lower middle class have a certain air about them. They are very proud of their heritage and history.
For me, understanding your heritage and wanting to leave a legacy was always important to me.
I wanted to honor the memory of my father, who was a great opera singer and died very young, without knowing my success. As I inherited his voice, it is in recognition of that heritage.