No Smoking is finally 120:19 minutes…<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>What a process it has been… With so many people chipping in with their suggestions… From Devashish Makhija, to Vikrmaditya to Nikhil Advani to Gulzar saab to Gautam… finally came to many new discoveries… two people whose opinion you should trust the most when editing… Your editor… it’s so obvious that we don’t see it… Every time after the entire process I have always come to and done what Aarti (editor) says right in the beginning… but my first reaction is “Oh she doesn’t understand what I mean†to “Why doesn’t she understand it?†to “Ok lets try it†to “Oh that works†to “Oh that works but let me think†to “Aarti you are a geniusâ€â€¦ I don’t know why I always look at the very people who help me realise my dream as enemies to my creativity…<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Second your producers… who I always look upon as my biggest enemy… The most incredible cut… most incredible because it was drastic, it was ruthless to the point of self annihilation… it was so unexpected, so unreasonable (when suggested) that it shocked both me and Vishal Bharadwaj… and then we both looked at each other and said almost in unison, “It could work’… then spoke to Aarti then had to get Rinkoo her assistant… just to try it… and it rocked… It came from Kumar Mangat… I always thought he was so good at handling people and other things… I also would blame him sometimes for other things… but I never gave him credit for creativity… I forgot he was the first positive response to No Smoking… I forgot he actually produced Omkara… well he nailed it… And Vishal Bharadwaj, I was so insecure with letting him take a go at my film, and I also needed it and there was no one else I respected and trusted to have a go… Gulzar saab said, “I did it to him in Omkara, I took out everything and he came back and put it all right back, but it helps finding objectivity†<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p> <br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>No Smoking is finally 120:19 minutes…<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><a href=https://www.screenindia.com/ target=_blank>Screen India</a><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>