Film fests are an opportunity to see different kinds of films that you usually don’t get to watch. When I’m part of a jury, then I get to judge films, but otherwise I attend festivals to watch two or three films a day and network with a gathering of cinema lovers from all over. Mani Ratnam Read Quote
As the soul of the film it has to work for you otherwise you don’t take it up at all. It takes two years of your life, you better be interested in it. When you know it’s something you can do well, that’s when you take it up. Mani Ratnam Read Quote
Sometimes in a large family, you get taken to a movie and there just isn’t enough space or not enough tickets and you get left out. Those are the movies you remember because you never got to see them! Mani Ratnam Read Quote
My films are as much for the people as they are for me. The reception affects me, but doesn’t change me as a person. That’s important. Mani Ratnam Read Quote
When I did my first film, I didn’t have formal training; I didn’t work under any director. I really didn’t know how to make a film. Mani Ratnam Read Quote
Sometimes casting falls in place easily and sometimes it takes a while. Fifty per cent of my job is done when I get the right actors. Mani Ratnam Read Quote
