I never thought 'Mein Hoon Na' will do so well in Pakistan. Whenever I meet Pakistanis in London or the U.S., they have so much love and affection for me because of 'Mein Hoon Na,' which was my most criticised film in India.
'Main Hoon Na' will always be special since it was my first film but in my subsequent films, I was trying to show off with gimmicks that didn't aid the narrative in any way.
After 'Main Hoon Na,' I got married; so I took some time off.
Since 'Main Hoon Na' is a cult film, if I want to make a sequel, the story has to be good!
I think 'Main Hoon Na' is like the comeback of a Manmohan Desai film. Farah Khan made you laugh, cry and dance.
My look is very different in 'Main Hoon Na.' I don't look like the same Suniel Shetty.
Like Ron Lorman's always sayin', "Na-na-na-na-na," you know what I mean? I don't need that in the studio.
Male filmmakers only need to tap their female selves in order to develop their female gaze as many great filmmakers have done. But why is it important to do so? Because the world has been run by aggressive males and landed itself in a fine mess.
I have directed Amitabh in four films - 'Kaalia,' 'Shahenshah,' 'Main Azad Hoon' and 'Major Saab' - and we have always been hand-in-glove.
You start out performing because it's fun, then you learn more things and you want to do more than go "Na-na-na-na" on a stage. The production end is interesting, writing is interesting, and you learn to coordinate all these things.
I always find it amazing that people get mad because they can't figure out my gender. Even though my only job here is to create art, I think being a genderless figure... it shakes people. And when that happens, it makes me feel like I'm doing my job.
We were thinking about how other people deal with this career on every song. We got to meet people like Thom Yorke and hear him say how it's never normal when fans just come up to you. It's always a strange job. We don't want to come off like we're pitying ourselves for having this job because it's really amazing in a lot of ways. But there's a lot of stuff that comes with it that we're not really comfortable with.
While speaking in the NA, one must maintain respect.
My EDM outings 'Sooraj Dooba Hain,' 'Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main,' 'Chal Wahan Jaate Hain' are melodically very different songs. I have mixed up the genres.
I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them.
Solutions nearly always come from the direction you least expect, which means there's no point trying to look in that direction because it won't be coming from there.