Quotes

Whenever one sees a director at work, anyone would hesitate to disturb him or her on the sets.

My mother's role is as important as Dhanush's. I leave my kids with her and go for my shoots. I can be rest assured that they will be taken care of.

It was the script of 'VRV' that brought Gautham Karthik on board. He would not risk his career if he wasn't confident about the film.

Festivals are an important occasion for us, because we all make it a point to meet up and greet each other. I personally make all Ganesha's favorite sweets like Kozhukattai and Pal Payasam at home.

There is no norm that a woman must write a certain kind of script.

Women have an advantage in that they can think both like a woman and a man.

I would like to explore before deciding my kind of genre.

It isn't as much of a surprise any more to see a woman's name in the credits as director.

Personally, I like narrating stories that revolve around something new. I'd find it very boring otherwise.

I write and share my thoughts with very few people.

You don't set out making a film that will rake in 100 crores; you just want to make a good film.

My father is a great actor, but I am not into acting. Instead, I took to film direction, which is my passion.

Film festivals should also show commercial films along with parallel cinema. This is the only way that it could reach out to more people.

Producers now look at the talent and if they believe that the director has the potential, they are willing to shell out the money irrespective of the gender.

I am a big sucker for spas and I like massages.

Every time I go to a spa, I think that's the most luxurious experience ever.

My kids are soccer buffs. I have spent exorbitantly and unreasonably on taking them to soccer matches in England.

I was a student of law as my grandmother wanted me to be a lawyer. But my passion has always been movies.

Dhanush is a movie star, but like my father, he's very different. In fact, I saw a lot of my father's qualities in him. He's simple, down-to-earth and respects his work a lot.

I love Mani Ratnam's movies.

When you have these huge personalities at home you have to keep proving yourself to survive.

For me, making a mass film is tougher. A lot of things needed to be intertwined into a two-hour narrative without getting too complicated.

If it was bi-polar disorder in '3,' I have delved into intuitions in 'Vai Raja Vai.'

People have been asking me when I'll make films with Dhanush and my father. Honestly, I don't know when.

Unfortunately, I've been bad at preserving things I'd written as a kid.