If people ever stop making films about India, I'd never work again.
I so hate the term Bollywood. I know it's become synonymous with the industry but really we are 'Indian cinema.'
Bollywood is there; the film industry is thriving, and it's huge, and it's everywhere. Anytime I travel abroad and I say I'm an actor from India, they're like, 'Oh, Bollywood!' And I say, 'Umm, not yet!'
I would be stupid to say no to Bollywood. It is the biggest film industry in our country.
Who doesn't know about Bollywood? After all, we churn out movies in such great quantities every year! People across the globe know Shekhar Kapur.
I am happy making the films I make and I would like the West to be impressed with what we do from India.
Unfortunately, I know very little about Indian cinema. I know we have Bollywood... But my knowledge about it is very little.
I hate the term 'Bollywood,' because we're not a 'me too' of Hollywood. The Indian film industry is prolific.
I think the reason why I haven't done a film in India so far is because I haven't found a script that's completely gotten my attention and made me passionate to get it made. I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India. The reason why I'm making movies outside my country, bit by bit, is to be able to come back to India equipped with the knowledge and understanding of how to hopefully produce my own films one fine day.
