director aniruddha roy chowdhury says he might not be expensive when it comes to being a filmmaker but when it comes to his thoughts they happen to be quite expensivesuccess often means the number of your wellwishers almost equals the number of detractors in your context you have been criticized for making blatant use of infilm branding i hate pretensions and am not apologetic about my infilm brandings the day people stop buying pirated dvds i will also stop infilm branding i might not be an expensive filmmaker but my thoughts are expensive im very meticulous about what i want to show onscreen i am okay with getting money for my movies by agreeing to give mileage to my sponsors but cant you be a little less onyourface about the infilm branding i can be more careful when i earn the resources this way i dont waste them for frills ami hero ke tuni bulb er jama porai na ami helicopter niye stunt shoot korina ami panchsho ghora chhotanor jonnyo infilm branding kori na i use the money to make my movies look expensive javed akhtar had once said that antaheens budget must be between rs 8 crore and rs 9 crore but the fact was the film was made on a budget of rs 15 crore raju hirani after watching the promo of aparajita tumi asked me how i manage to make my films look that way with the budget constraints my answer was we directorsin bengal are used to living on the edge we are all cliffhangers who deliver other admenturneddirectors who have made movies in hindi or have worked from kolkata but with bollywood stars are more popular despite your national awards you are still not as known among the masses as dibakar banerjee shoojit sircar or rituparno ghosh where did you not play your cards right i am proud to have made bengali language films i had countless offers to shift to mumbai but i just cant work without being in the midst of this cacophony i can live without being recognized on the streets but id want my movies to be known once i was introduced to a person who after being pretty indifferent to me changed his behaviour when someone mentioned my movies to him it was a funny yet nice experience had i worked with nationallyknown stars in bengali cinema i might have grabbed more eyeballs but then i dont operate that way local talents involved with your television productions have grievances against you for not giving them a chance when you make movies i am very selfish that way i respect those whove done well in my television productions but its my conviction that matters when i decide on wholl be on board if i have the conviction that an actor from kerala read padmapriya who has never done bengali cinema before is best suited for the role i will only approach her kamalinee is the best ushashie i could have got