
Director Vishal Bhardwaj was a guest at Express Adda on September 21 in New Delhi. In conversation with The Indian Express Deputy Editor Seema Chishti, the acclaimed filmmaker spoke about his Shakespeare connection, Quentin Tarantino and his journey in the world of cinema. Here is what he said at the Express Adda. (Source: Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Vishal Bhardwaj on getting inspiration : "I try to mingle with common people & hold conversations. While making Haider, I stayed in interior places of Kashmir like Anantnag and tried to capture nuances." (Source: Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Vishal Bhardwaj on Quentin Tarantino : "Tarantino is a great craftsman, a great technician, and a great writer. He mostly makes gangster films. And I love gangster films. His Pulp Fiction was a revolution." (Source: Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
The filmmaker on Maqbool : "I had decided the genre, which would be the gangster genre. But I wanted it to have layers." (Source: Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
The filmmaker on Mahesh Bhatt : "Once Mahesh Bhatt flung many cuss words at me on a phone call. Later, when I reminded him of that, he said, 'Sorry, Vishal, but you must have said something that triggered me.'" (Source: Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)