Salaam Bombay' and 'Monsoon Wedding' are the two Mira Nair films I go back to.

Bombay Velvet' is my most romantic film, it's my 'Titanic' or 'Gone With The Wind.

When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog - big as a donkey.

Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens.

The fun of sitting around Pangong Lake with 40 guys around a fireplace, having a glass of wine... staying in one camp together... that's an experience. Waking up at 5 in the morning, watching the sun come up. You don't do these things in Bombay.

More dreams are realised and extinguished in Bombay than any other place in India.

When you expect a review of the Avengers film, you will never have seen the Avengers, you will get a review of the Bombay Velvet in the hopes of the Avengers.

God has it in for the poets, that's obvious, but the Bombaywallahs hold a special place in his dispensation.

Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.

When I wrote the song I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog - big as a donkey.

Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens.

Having grown up in Bombay from the day you're born you have absolute freedom to choose who you want to be.