India, April 22 -- I Have Failed My Way to Success

'What you teach your children, you teach your grandchildren.' - Yiddish Proverb

If there's one line that distils my journey - and all that has quietly flowed from it - it is this.

Because what I absorbed from UG Krishnamurti - the wind of his truth, the blade of his gaze-didn't end with me. It flowed through me into those I touched. My children. My companions. And through them, into the bloodstream of Hindi cinema.

But let me begin with a failure.

In 1979, I made Lahu Ke Do Rang - a thriller with Vinod Khanna, Shabana Azmi and Danny. It had everything - a twisty plot, Bappi Lahiri's haunting score, even Filmfare awards. And yet, it flopped.

Just like Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain, Vishwasg...