Once the film is released, once my job is over, I can't see the film again. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
I am not worried about people's expectations. I just want to get the film right. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
Let me be very frank. I make films keeping within the mainstream and my cinema is popular cinema. I love it this… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
When I did my first film, I had a fair idea of what I liked and what I didn't while watching an… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
A director is a very selfish person. For him, his film is like his baby. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
Certain subjects are best done with stars. Certain subjects like 'Alai Payuthe' are done with non-stars. In such films, stars are a… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
A film is between you and the audience. The distributors are the only people in between us. It is a straight equation. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
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… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
Films will break barriers - and good films will travel all over India. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
I have only one simple ambition when I make a film. That it should be the best I have made so far.… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
Whatever film you do, even if it's a children's film, you do with the same amount of sincerity. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
I watch films, so I know what it is to be there in a theatre as the audience. So I always want… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
Roja,' 'Bombay' and 'Dil Se' weren't planned as political films. It was a phase India was going through and these things affected… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
Bilingual films come with a certain inbuilt practical problem with respect to the setting of the story and the dialect. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, every tool you get to tell the scene better is important. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
When Kamal Haasan did 'Nayakan,' he had done a few roles that had him aged and demanded a lot of commitment from. He was… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
I want to make a film that can reach as many as possible so I want to talk in a language which I can… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
Format is just the language. Content is the only thing that is important. Form is like handwriting. Whether you write in a scribble or… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
What I feel is great acting might be rubbish for another filmmaker. There is no right or wrong way to do it. It all… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
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,… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
Language, I think, has nothing to do with film-making. It is how you make your point and whether you exploit the visual medium maintaining… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
I grew up on the commercial film format. I have grown up all my life watching films and they have all been mainstream commercial… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
For a filmmaker, whether the film is liked, understood or appreciated counts as much as the moolah. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
