You assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas. How much of his style of filmmaking has influenced your direction?
I owe everything that I have learnt about filmmaking to Sanjay Leela Bhansali. His style is unique and majestic and that idea of cinematic celebration has stayed with me throughout. But I don't try to emulate him. I'd like to carve a unique identity of myself, and tell a story in my own narrative style. No filmmaker can be a clone of someone else.
Lootera is an adaptation of O Henry's The Last Leaf. How different is adapting a piece of literature from writing your own script?
It's easy and difficult in equal measure. I read The Last Leaf on the recommendation of a friend. It's a four-page story, which I instantly knew could be adapted into a film. Novels are much more difficult to adapt. But here, we had to do a lot of rewriting and had to work on a strong structure so we didn't miss out on the finer nuances.
How did Ekta come on board as producer? Is she creatively involved as well?
Ekta was always in touch with the Phantom Productions' (Anurag Kashyap's production house) team. One day, she called to ask what we were up to, and Vikas (Bahl) told her we were planning to start our own production house. At the time, she said she wanted to be part of whatever we were doing. She's been very supportive; creatively and otherwise. I'm a director who takes everybody's inputs. So it has been a fairly collaborative attempt.
Have you changed as a filmmaker in the past two years?
After Udaan, there was a lot of pressure to deliver another great film. So when Lootera came about, it was a relief. I've grown up with Lootera. I've changed drastically in these two years, more than I ever did before.
You made Udaan with a TV actor Ronit Roy whereas Lootera has mainstream actors. Is that purely a commercial decision?
It is. Eventually, you want your film to be seen by the largest audience possible. Stars help in facilitating that. Stars work. But they are actors before they are stars. They'd do any script that excites them. Casting them doesn't make a commercial filmmaker as the content is to speak for that, not who is delivering it. However, I won't deny I need stars to better sell my film.
Are you scared that despite starting with a film that had an art-house appeal, you will get stuck with formulaic films?
Not at all. It didn't happen with Vishal Bhardwaj, Dibakar Banerjee or Anurag Kashyap. Neither with me. I haven't changed just because now, I am in a position to cast big stars in my film. Tomorrow if I have a script that doesn't need big names, I will still go ahead and make it. It is my vision, my decision.
There were similarities between the trailer of Udaan and Where the Wild Things are. And now, the music of Lootera's number, Shikayatein, is similar to the title song of One Day. Why does this keep happening?
With Udaan's trailer, I accept the goof-up. We were lazy and I take full responsibility. But the similarities between Lootera's music and One Day is purely coincidental. It happens all the time where art is concerned. I know it, and the music director, Amit Trivedi, knows it. He's not stupid to lift that track. As long as we both know this, I don't care what the world thinks.
A fortnight before the release of Lootera, what's your mental space like?
I'm nervous, but I can't do anything about it. I still have to finish the technical bits - sound mixing and all that. Also, we are trying to promote the film as extensively as possible. Rest is up to the audience.
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