How has last year been?

Very satisfying. Thank god I was able to close "Water".

Any favourite films that you saw in 2005?

A Belgian film called "The Child". Such a moving film... from India, I saw "Black". I liked it very much.
And "Mangal Pandey"?

I didn't see it.

It featured your "Earth" hero Aamir Khan?

How is he? He doesn't talk to me.

Your daughter Devyani Saltzman has penned a book on you?

Yes "Shooting Water"... it's been released in Canada. It will be released in India in March 2006 by Penguin. The book is a catharsis in many ways. It marked a closure of a lot of pain. It's been a cathartic experience for both of us.

It's a revealing of my past life. But not out there! It's more a mother-daughter book. And Bapsi Sidhwa has novelised the script. It'll come out with the film's release in the US.

Would you like to make a film based on your relationship with Devyani?

Not right now. But yes, later!