Being Cyrus was first titled Akuri. It is a Parsi dish of scrambled eggs, and every house has a different way of making it. I called the film Akuri because all my characters' minds were scrambled. Joined together, they made a brilliant recipe. But the producers said people outside Mumbai would not understand the meaning.
I have two scripts lined up. One is a period film set in 1908, based on a true story. The second is set in pre-1960s Goa.
I don't watch too many Hindi films, but I have gone through an Amitabh Bachchan phase when I was young. The last film I saw was Iqbal, an original story I loved. Why should we take stories from the West? I love Karan and Farhan's movies, and wish I had the ability to make films on such a grand scale! But I'd rather read than watch a film.