i did you learn that there are sometimes things that you cant explain and as a westerner youre often desperate to explain everything rationally and thats not an approach that necessarily helps you through everything i learnt a lot about myself in lots of ways that surprised me really such as i loved the way of approaching a film here although i only really know mumbai not the rest of india even though i went to agra delhi calcutta bangalore for small bits and for the casting i loved the fact that the things you rely on in the west control repetition continuity all those things they dont help you here at least they dont help you in making this sort of film you have to go with the energy of the city and although you sacrifice certain things like continuity what you gain in return is a sense of real people in a real place i come from a british tradition of filmmaking which is very realistic the amount of detail real detail on offer in india in mumbai is a dream come true for a director youre never bored you know you just never are he trails off goes quiet for a moment and then chuckles you know i think im going to find it hard to go back and make a film in the west after this so why not make it here again id like to make a film in india again i dont know if i will but i would like tono wonder youre leaving it open danny you recently made the point that while woody allen said that if you want to make god laugh tell him your plans in india the difference is that there are thousands of gods and they all roar collectively with laughter when they hear your plans yes i myself felt that was a very good way of putting it says danny as he bursts into laughter but seriously its really a very good note for any director coming here because one tends to plan and control and in india the most important quality is not your plans not your control but your openness thats the most important thingldanny boyle is the english film director and producer best known for his work on films such as trainspotting 28 days later sunshine and now slumdog millionairelthe film tells the story of how impoverished mumbai slumkid jamal malik becomes a contestant on kbc in an effort to prove his love for his friend latika who is an ardent fan of the showlthe movie has bagged four golden globe nominations and has already picked up 20 awards last week including those for music director ar rahman british indian actor dev patel and child artiste ayush mahesh khedekar its won the best picture best director best adapted screenplay best cinematography best editing and best score rahman from the san diego film critics society the film has been named in time magazines