There Is A Ban On Indian Films

Particularly In The Final Stages I Always Find That I'm Rushed. It's Dangerous When You're Rushed In The Editing Stage, Most Of My Early Films Are Flawed In The Cutting

Ever Since Two Daughters I've Been Composing My Own Music.

It Was Only After Pather Panchali Had Some Success At Home That I Decided To Do A Second Part. But I Didn't Want To Do The Same Kind Of Film Again, So I Made A Musical.

My Cameraman And I Devised A Method, Which We Started Using From My Second Film, Which Applies Mainly To Day Scenes Shot In The Studio, Where We Used Bounced Light Instead Of Direct Light. We Agreed With This Thing Of Four Or Five Shadows Following The Actors Is Dreadful.

I Had Developed This Habit Of Writing Scenarios As A Hobby. I Would Find Out Which Stories Had Been Sold To Be Made Into Films And I Would Write My Own Treatment And Then Compare It.