I always feel your movie will be as strong as your weakest link.

When I became a choreographer, I was not assisting any choreographer. I was assisting the director Mansoor Ali Khan for 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.' I was the fourth assistant director.

The most creative director I have worked with is Mani Ratnam.

Filmmaking is all about people management.

We have music playing at home, day and night.

You can only make the film that's in you.

I would say that all my films have more content than a ‘content-driven film.' It is not easy to make such films.

I would never want to do a content-driven film with a box office life of Rs 20 crore.

You get paid what you deserve, according to the money that your movie generates. I get much more than a lot of male directors and I also get less than some. But I get paid what I deserve and what I ask for.

People tend to take themselves too seriously.

I think it is important to enjoy your work.

I never imagined myself making these big movies and being married and having kids.

Web series are the future.

People don't wish to watch masala films of the '50s any more. Audiences do not want loud films at all. They are watching Netflix and Amazon that have fresh ideas.

Whenever I visit abroad, people recognise me - it feels great.

Even as one of the best choreographers in the country, I was criticised for a lot of things I have done in life.

Later in life there should not be any regrets. Sometimes you have children too early and regret it, ‘If I wouldn't have, my career would have been different' and sometimes when you don't have, you miss that opportunity.

I am not an actress.

I don't neglect my kids. They are my priority. They come on shoots.

Luckily, filmmaking is not a nine-to-five job.

You are punished only when you are not performing as per expectation, and not because you belong to a particular religion, caste, or creed. Here, you fail because your vision is not right or you have not worked hard. That's why I believe we have true democracy in the film industry. How I wish the rest of the country was like the industry!

My experience in Bollywood has been this: You work hard, you deliver, and nobody finds fault with you.

Women directors in India have mostly made niche films. Naturally, those films have a limited market.

The best moment in 'Masoom' comes when the boy tells him that he knows he's his father.