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'I'm not for celebrating something without understanding'
He perceives India's problem as one of disparity, of a lack of balance. "The kind of films we are doing, it bothers me that they are shown only in multiplexes, that I'm not able to reach 70% of the country. It genuinely bothers me. Multiplexes help you track your revenue better, which is a good thing in a way because you can do a niche film, you can have success with a Khosla Ka Ghosla, but will the families who watched Khosla Ka Ghosla in multiplexes see it twice? I don't think so. It's good for me as a filmmaker, that I can make smaller, tighter films, make movies just for the art, which I like."
He illustrates the multiplex dilemma with a metaphor. "It doesn't make me happy when I travel on the Bombay-Pune Expressway and two-wheelers are not allowed. I don't like it when I'm racing down the Expressway and go from Bombay to Pune in two hours and the guy who can only afford a two-wheeler takes five hours. Why? What does it take to give them another lane? I asked them, 'Why don't you allow two-wheelers?' and they said 'No, they would slow down the traffic, it's a freeway.' So build them a separate lane, charge them 15 bucks or whatever. But let them get there in two hours, na? What is this rubbish? It's public land."
Jaideep is completely pro about free-enterprise, just believing the concept should be more accepting. "I'm not for government roads; I'm not for all that. But I'm also not for celebrating something without understanding. Which doesn't mean I understand perfectly; it just means I understand the need to have an understanding."
Photograph: A scene from Khosla Ka Ghosla, a film about the battle against corruption.
Also read: A 60 year partition of minds
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