“I
wish life was a dress rehearsal and I could do it all over again.”
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yM~AiM~v, ‘Remember
when you touch your multifaceted medium,
you
touch man.As
you serve your medium ,
you
serve your conscience too.’
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cM}AiM~v csSwÚTÇ
(2003)
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‘madness
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PtMdAi¥ rS<} cSMi rTq
<jM8}
XMvMcZ {StÁM} yMÉ ÉDStvS (‘My
films are made at the editing table’)
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AzM§SA}Av \§} Ptv, ‘The
problem with the fanatics among the members of the communist party is that
they feel they have pocketed the truth:
but
the point is not to pocket the truth but to chase the truth.’
_Z \Aå {ÙqS~ PÉvMc PtZ ÉS/vS
a <r©Z¥
YßÉ{HêS cM}Miv (‘I
no longer shout these days’),
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{ÙqS~ PÉMv} yåy©, ‘I
made the film for you to see and suffer’,
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