Imtiaz Ali may be hailed as a part of the new breed of filmmakers in Bollywood but the director likes to be known as a man of common taste who does not want to make off-beat films for a limited audience.
“I don’t want to make movies for a limited audience. When I am taking money from somebody else and making a movie I need to recover the cost. I automatically think on those lines while directing a film because I am a man of common taste,” said Ali on the sidelines of the Osian’s film festival here.
The 38-year-old director does not want to be in the league of “different” filmmakers.
“I do not want to prove that I am a different director or that I want to reinvent myself with my movies, I just want to tell those stories which I think I can show the best. I am a victim of my own limitations,” said Ali, who has become one of the most sought after directors in Bollywood post the success of ‘Jab We Met’ and ‘Love Aaj Kal’
The film, despite its girl-meets-boy theme, struck a chord with the audience because of Ali’s innovative story-telling method.
“Bollywood is in that phase now when people are bored of formula films, so we directors are under no compulsion to make a certain kind of movie. We can make them the way we want to.
We are happy to be directing films at this point of time,” said Ali.
