When I`m shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can`t do on a set. I do that because you have to be economical.
When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I`m familiar with. I don`t write stories about the nineteenth century.
What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure.
Well the Bombay film wasn`t always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it gradually changed over the years.
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You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring back money from your local market, which is very small after Pakistan.
