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Sometimes A Director Is Making Three Films. Perhaps He Is Shooting A Film In Madras And A Film In Bombay And He Can't Leave Madras As Some Shooting Has To Be Done, So He Directs By Telephone. The Shooting Takes Place. On Schedule.

Last, But Not Least -- In Fact, This Is Most Important -- You Need A Happy Ending. However, If You Can Create Tragic Situations And Jerk A Few Tears Before The Happy Ending, It Will Work Much Better.

Most Of The Top Actors And Actresses May Be Working In Ten Or Twelve Films At The Same Time, So They Will Give One Director Two Hours And Maybe Shoot In Bombay In The Morning And Madras In The Evening. It Happens.

When I Write An Original Story I Write About People I Know First-hand And Situations I'm Familiar With. I Don't Write Stories About The Nineteenth Century.

My Cameraman And I Devised A Method, Which We Started Using From My Second Film, Which Applies Mainly To Day Scenes Shot In The Studio, Where We Used Bounced Light Instead Of Direct Light. We Agreed With This Thing Of Four Or Five Shadows Following The Actors Is Dreadful.