I Seek The Validation Of Intellectual Audiences

Director Neeraj Ghaywan and producer Karan Johar speak about their film Homebound, which had its world premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the director's decade-long gap, getting Martin Scorsese on board, and more

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ing, I don't think that I've been able to shrug that off. The fact that we are a mainstream studio that has an officially selected film at Cannes, is no mean achievement but I'm never going to get the credit for that. They will still go on about Nadaaniyan. My love for Neeraj, respect for him and reverence for him is in abundance. But I've taken those chances previously also with stories and storytelling. Sadly I don't get that credit, and now I don't seek it anymore, because I'm just proud that I could be a part of Homebound. We have mutual respect, love and admiration for each other as human beings. To me, that is very important. I think I've always done my worst work with people who I don't like. If I don't like you, I don't think I can make a good film no matter how good the story or the screenplay.