100 Quotes by Mani Ratnam

When you break new grounds and try to do something different, it's always a high. I remember the first time we did a whole song in slow motion with lipsync for 'Geetanjali.' It was not prevalent at that time. We just had a method and we tried to do that. We weren't sure whether it was going to work, but that is the kind of risk you take.

You can't say there is only one way of doing things, the police way of ensuring law and order.

I like songs. It's a weakness that I have.

In school I was sidelined by Tamil language teachers. But in the film industry, I got interested in Tamil poetry after reading and working with the Vairamuthu.

Roja,' 'Bombay' and 'Dil Se' weren't planned as political films. It was a phase India was going through and these things affected me and found their way into my work.

I am more comfortable with Tamil than Hindi.

Movie criticism is very subjective and everyone has the right to voice their opinion. You go to a movie and decide whether you like it or not.

Before the release of any film, I feel like a beginner.

I want to make a film that can reach as many as possible so I want to talk in a language which I can easily communicate with.