There's always some room for improvisation.
From Satyajit Ray
The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.
The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.
What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure.
When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century.
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.
You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring back money from your local market, which is very small after Pakistan.
Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it gradually changed over the years.
There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.
The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.
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