Everything I've wanted to turn into a film becomes something new and different when it becomes a movie... Each time I work with an author, I say to them, 'A book and a movie are different things.'
There's a film you write, there's a film you shoot, and there's a film that you cut - and they're all different.
Slightly forgettable movies can sometimes make great musicals.
It's always been the genres that fascinated me. I think great action movies and great thrillers are transformative.
To adapt a play into a movie, you have to change it.
On film, it's really nice to see that transformation from the beginning, reading the script, to know where he starts and where he ends, and be able to plan for that.
In 2003, when I wrote the first 'Dhoom,' we were at the end of the curve of a certain kind of Hindi film, which was quite plastic. 'Dhoom' was unconventional then.
It's not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
