You
Can't
Take
Liberties
"Well,
it
did
concern
me
initially
because
when
such
things
happen,
even
the
actors
get
hugely
affected.
I
believe
that
when
you
are
making
a
story
based
on
a
historical
character,
you
have
to
take
responsibility.
You
have
to
be
precise
and
can't
take
liberties.''
Take
The
Example
Of
Baahubali
''You
can
always
add
a
disclaimer
if
the
makers
of
the
film
are
ready
to
compromise
on
that
because
some
things
are
not
recorded
in
history.
The
biggest
success
of
last
year
was
Baahubali;
it
was
a
fantasy
film,
but
there
were
inspirations
and
references
from
mythologies.
A
lot
of
artists
say
that
people
shouldn't
get
so
sentimental
about
movies.''
Why
Wouldn't
I
Want
People
To
Be
Sentimental
About
It?
''I
don't
agree
with
that.
If
I
am
making
a
film
on
Rani
Lakshmibai,
why
wouldn't
I
want
people
to
be
sentimental
about
it?
Why
else
would
I
ever
make
a
film
on
her
life?
For
that
matter,
why
would
I
ever
make
a
film
if
I
don't
want
people
to
be
sentimental
about
it?
Generally,
films
shape
a
part
of
our
lives,
our
psyche,
and
reflect
our
social
behaviour.''
Artists
Need
To
Be
Respectful
Too
''Films
are
always
going
to
be
a
means
to
evoke
emotions
and
thoughts
in
people.
Artistes
need
to
be
respectful
of
that,
too.
I
greatly
admire
Lakshmibai's
life
-
it
is
the
story
of
one
woman
taking
on
an
empire
to
save
her
people
and
motherland.
For
two
years,
I
was
trying
to
get
it
made
and
when
Krish
(director)
came
along,
he
had
a
different
interpretation.
For
him,
she
is
not
a
woman
you
can
identify
with,
she
is
someone
you
worship.''
On
Freedom
Of
Expression
"Going
by
that
logic,
let's
say
that
we
had
the
freedom
of
expression
that
you
are
talking
about...
I
want
to
know
what
we
have
done
with
that
freedom
in
our
movies.
I
am
not
saying
that
what
is
happening
is
the
ideal
situation,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
things
in
our
movies
that
I
find
objectionable
-
the
depiction
of
women,
sexism,
eve-teasing
and
things
like
that.''
Today
We
Are
Making
Manipulative
Cinema
''Even
after
over
100
years
of
cinema,
the
world
often
refers
to
us
as
a
premature
industry.
We
have
to
see
where
we
go
from
here
and
what
we
will
do
next.
I
have
no
problem
with
the
mass
entertainers
that
we
are
making,
but
that
cannot
be
the
only
kind
of
cinema
that
we
want
to
make.
Today,
we
are
rehashing
stories,
making
manipulative
cinema
to
titillate
senses
and
backing
movies
that
will
make
big
money.''
I
Didn't
Have
The
Money
''It
took
me
two
years
to
make
a
film
on
Rani
Lakshmibai,
as
I
didn't
have
the
money
to
back
it.
Finally,
people
who
truly
believed
in
it
came
on
board.
Today,
if
I
want
to
make
films
like
Living
Room
Part
3
or
Bedroom
Part
4,
it
is
easier,
but
people
don't
have
the
money
to
make
films
on
historical
figures
like
Maharana
Pratap,
Rani
Lakshmibai,
Chandragupta
Maurya,
Prithviraj
Chauhan
and
Chhatrapati
Shivaji
Maharaj.''
''If
people
are
happy
watching
films
on
contemporary
heroes
like
Milkha
Singh
and
Mary
Kom
(both
did
good
business,
too),
why
won't
they
see
stories
of
other
great
people?
No
one
can
give
me
this
bullshit
that
people
don't
want
to
see
such
stories.
In
that
sense,
the
industry
has
misused
its
freedom.
So
the
point
I
am
making
is,
what
are
we
going
to
do
with
the
freedom
that
we
have?"