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I think optimism springs from nature. I'm a gardener. Nature has taught me about rhythm, the essence of every art. With so much that is terrible, nature gives me pleasure.

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Every frame and every scene has to have an intention.

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Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant.

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We have not learned the lessons of 9/11. This wrongful suspicion, racial hatred, and profiling is what I keep seeing.

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Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely.

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Life is short, so I'm knowing exactly where I'm putting my time. I don't want to do things that I don't have to do.

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I love the idea that it doesn't take one person only to achieve your potential. It takes a village, it takes a community, a street, a teacher, a mother.

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I've been able to look at the world differently from three continents practically. I've always lived between India and the U.S. When I married Mahmood I became a daughter-in-law of Africa. That really changed my worldview. I can see it from so many perspectives.

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I don't think boldness should be associated with showing off skin. It's not the basis of boldness.

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I listen to Ustad Vilayat Khan's 'Raga Khamaj' and 'Raga Jaijaiwanti' virtually every morning, a lot of Abdullah Ibrahim, Michael Kiwanuka, Savages, and contemporary Ugandan pop.

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Director

Born: October 15th, 1957

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