'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
'Bombay Velvet' is my most romantic film, it's my 'Titanic' or 'Gone With The Wind.'
I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
I do think of Bombay as my hometown. Those are the streets I walked when I was learning to walk. And it's the place that my imagination has returned to more than anywhere else.
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.
Film is my first love. It wasn't something I intended to fall in love with, but I grew to love it.
Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
Part of me wonders what it would have been like to have had my first experience of India in a normal way, rather than through the eyes of a film.
I've been in love with the cinema since childhood and it's a fantasy of mine to appear in a Hollywood movie.
Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.
For my first Bollywood movie, 'Ekk Deewana Tha,' my mum also came over because Mumbai was completely new to me, and I'd heard it's a huge city.