India, Nov. 12 -- Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali, 55, tells gripping, unforgettable stories of today's India. Of people lost and finding their way. Of love that doesn't have to be eternal. He doesn't draw inspiration from cinema, but from life itself, he has said. Ali began writing poetry as a schoolboy in Jamshedpur. As a student of Delhi University, he became immersed in theatre, and his journey as a storyteller began. He moved to Mumbai , and began directing for TV while still in his 20s. "I think television is the only film school I ever went to." Over and over, in his modern-day masterpieces a theme resurfaces: Of finding oneself through love; of journeys out into the world that also become journeys within. He tells stories of an India we inhabi...