to keep reinventing him as a romantic herohe is not just the king of romance he is romance he knows how to romance life i have challenged him a little more than what others have done i told him i am going to take away two feet from your height the arms that you spread out will be shorter and now let me see how you romance on screen be it the tanu weds manu franchise or raanjhanaa the films you have directed speak about relationships and essentially focus on love why do these themes interest you so muchi think people want love but they dont understand it we have also become so calculative that we dont end up falling in love easily cinema reflects either whats there in excess in society or something that is getting lost even today people yearn for the kind of romance that they saw in hrishikesh mukherjee and basu bhattacharyas films the breezy romance at bus stops is a thing of the past now today we have things like mobile phones which keep us distracted every director has a certain sensibility that is reflected in his work whether its the films you direct or produce they have an earthiness about them the stories often revolve around families living in small towns and reflect the homeliness thats inherent in these places with zero are you trying to break away from that stereotypei didnt want to be known for making only a certain kind of cinema i didnt want to start believing in what people thought i could do i shouldnt be comfortable only telling stories about manwoman relationships set in small towns and middleclass settings i will stagnate as a creative person if i make the same kind of films i am not saying that i am changing the world that my movies embody but i am trying to broaden my horizon i am the last person who should have done a film like zero because it is high on vfx it has been a horrifying journey for the vfx team i have survived the journey only because they love me and i have exploited that love laughs