Shweta Basu Prasad

I have grown up in a family where cinema, literature and music are highly valued.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Next time you meet a kid on street, give him or her a piece of advice that you wish, you had received…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Apart from films and television I have explored behind-the-camera work, and worked as a script consultant at Phantom films.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Love is poetry. To fall in love with a person is like understanding a deep, moving poem. Noticing every little detail. To…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

A strong willed woman is often feared. But more often she is pushed to the tether of her patience, forced to bend…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. have been a great escape for a lot of people who don't watch television and want…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

I wish there was a museum of sorts for legends like Ellis R Dungan and many others who disappear with the turn…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

The independence of content creation without fearing what's going to be censored has relieved a lot of filmmakers in India.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Love. How do we define this word? We love our family. We love food. We love the weather. We love our shoes.…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Women become aunties as soon as they are married while men become sir. And this happens not just in India but everywhere…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Love' is the perfect binge watch series for the weekend. The show is funny, real, in your face, all about love, yet…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Mars, the second planet from the sun in our solar system is touted to be the next home for human race in…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

I make documentaries. I attend film festivals. I don't have time to sit at cafes taking selfies.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Bhaskar Hazarika makes a strong debut with 'Kothanodi', revisiting stories he read as a kid, painted beautifully with mature strokes.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Spending eight to ten hours every single day practicing the instrument, starting from an early age, makes an instrumentalist spend his/her lifetime…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Love, like poems, knows no boundaries. Religions, race, distance not even age can restrict someone from falling in love.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

A child is born into a family that he/she does not choose, but is destined to be born in. And that child…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

A role and character are never the same.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Folk tales, which are usually written for children, become a bigger lesson for adults.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

My parents have always wanted me to pursue a dignified career.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Music, that has mostly earned a 'film music' status in our country, leaves genres like jazz, folk and classical to the niche.…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

The director Vetri Raman proves, yet again, why Tamil film industry is a forward-thinking industry in the country today, producing gems year…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Folk tales are my favourite form of story telling. They not only just adjust the reader according to the world it is…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

To sleep is to give complete rest to body and mind.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Human mind has way too many shades. It would be so boring if this world was all sugar and gloss, just happy,…

— Shweta Basu Prasad