About India.

[bujjulu]

[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3][b]‘I am so proud to be born in this country. The emotions that run through the veins of the population keep me alive. I have been to so many countries but nowhere have I come across souls more passionate than Indians,' says Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar, in our special series where well-known Indians tell [i]Rediff.com[/i] why they love India.[/b][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3][size=5]I[/size]ndia’s unity in diversity just amazes me.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]I have been to many parts of the world.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]But none of the countries that I have visited could fascinate me more than India.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]Once while shooting a pan India car commercial, a foreigner friend of mine accompanied me.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]We visited Manali for the shoot and from there went to Kerala.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]My friend was simply ‘shocked’ by the difference that he witnessed.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]‘How can two different parts of the same country be so varied,’ he asked me.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]And to add to his sense of wonder, I took him to Gangtok thereafter.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]He was speechless![/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]‘How do you guys manage with so much variety,’ he asked me.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]I smiled a wide grin in reply.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]I am so proud to be born in this country.[/size][/font][/color]
[size=5][b][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]The emotions that run through the veins of the population keep me alive.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]I have been to so many countries but nowhere have I come across souls more passionate than Indians.[/font][/color][/b][/size]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]Here, even in this techno-crazy age, parents still care for their children and vice-versa.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]Though the West has somewhat started casting its influence on the lives of the people, India as a country has been able to retain its humane nature.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]While making films, I try to depict this fervent spirit of my country.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]Though I am a Bengali, I have done films on Kashmiris, Punjabis, Bengalis and Tamils.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3][img]http://im.rediff.com/news/2013/sep/12india2.jpg[/img]If you are in India, the canvas is vast.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]I constantly draw inspiration from this charming country.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3][b]Shoojit Sircar is one of Hindi cinema's most interesting and engaging filmmakers. He is the director of[i]Madras Café[/i] and [i]Vicky Donor[/i].[/b][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3][b]He spoke to [i]Indrani Roy.[/i][/b][/size][/font][/color]

[ahimsavaadhi1]

[quote name='bujjulu' timestamp='1379181529' post='1304249857']
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3][b]‘I am so proud to be born in this country. The emotions that run through the veins of the population keep me alive. I have been to so many countries but nowhere have I come across souls more passionate than Indians,' says Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar, in our special series where well-known Indians tell [i]Rediff.com[/i] why they love India.[/b][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3][size=5]I[/size]ndia’s unity in diversity just amazes me.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]I have been to many parts of the world.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]But none of the countries that I have visited could fascinate me more than India.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]Once while shooting a pan India car commercial, a foreigner friend of mine accompanied me.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]We visited Manali for the shoot and from there went to Kerala.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]My friend was simply ‘shocked’ by the difference that he witnessed.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]‘How can two different parts of the same country be so varied,’ he asked me.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]And to add to his sense of wonder, I took him to Gangtok thereafter.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]He was speechless![/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]‘How do you guys manage with so much variety,’ he asked me.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]I smiled a wide grin in reply.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]I am so proud to be born in this country.[/size][/font][/color]
[size=5][b][color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]The emotions that run through the veins of the population keep me alive.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]I have been to so many countries but nowhere have I come across souls more passionate than Indians.[/font][/color][/b][/size]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]Here, even in this techno-crazy age, parents still care for their children and vice-versa.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]Though the West has somewhat started casting its influence on the lives of the people, India as a country has been able to retain its humane nature.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]While making films, I try to depict this fervent spirit of my country.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]Though I am a Bengali, I have done films on Kashmiris, Punjabis, Bengalis and Tamils.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3][img]http://im.rediff.com/news/2013/sep/12india2.jpg[/img]If you are in India, the canvas is vast.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3]I constantly draw inspiration from this charming country.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3][b]Shoojit Sircar is one of Hindi cinema's most interesting and engaging filmmakers. He is the director of[i]Madras Café[/i] and [i]Vicky Donor[/i].[/b][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans][size=3][b]He spoke to [i]Indrani Roy.[/i][/b][/size][/font][/color]
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[rakshakudu]

[Puranam_Nagaraju]