Anyone can make you laugh or cry. I want to make you horny: Q

Q ��� the posterboy of counterculture ��� on being pitted against John Abraham, why Tagore���s understanding of gay love was ���beyond all that s**t��� and how he feels about welcoming Tollywood at his film���s premiereA gap of a few months, and we are back to his lair. Inside, the inhabitant is getting ready to break free. But then, breaking free ��� and out ��� comes naturally to him. As Q gears up for the release of his ���commercial��� film, Tasher Desh, he is nonchalant. Yes, he���ll stand at the gates of a suburban theatre for the premiere. But feedback on his film? That���s secondary. In a freewheeling chat, the filmmaker opens up on why Prosenjit is just a resource and what prompts him to make people horny. Excerpts: So, in less than two weeks, Q ��� the posterboy of counterculture ��� will be waiting at the gates, ushering in guests at his premiere...Kangal MalsatKangal MalsatNabarunBhattacharyaTasher DeshTasher DeshTagoreKangal MalsatGanduThe Gandu maker is actually looking at introducing his film to Kolkata...GanduGanduKarur interest nei, keu dekhbenaYou took the film to Rome International Film Festival. Is the audience there and here the same?Tasher DeshgardeTasher DeshGanduAt the box office, you would be competing with a big Bollywood film ��� Madras Cafe...Kangal MalsatRukhHrithikRoshanRukhSRK���s Chennai Express?We don���t see it that way. The call has been taken by our distributors. We wanted to release the film either on Baishey Srabon or Independence Day, but didn���t get the slots. We wanted a big spread. For the last two years, I���ve had people asking me when my film would release. So, now here...So, a film like Boss is not for you?���CholodekhteKangal MalsatfavouriteSumandaMukhopadhyaydocuNabarundaMadhureetaAnand���sKajariyaBertolucciBoudiAre you looking at reactions from the industry?SwapanSahaWhile on peers, do you watch films by Srijit Mukherji, Mainak Bhaumik or Raj Chakrabarty?SrijitMainakPochaSrijitBanglaSrijitBangalianaHanekeHanekeAbout reactions, it doesn���t really matter. I���ve built my entire life around the fact that I wouldn���t care about what my immediate society thinks of me. With this film, I want to surprise people. If they are surprised, I���ll be happy. This is not Gandu, I want every last person to watch it.In your film, the graphic novel format, music, costumes play an important role. Was the decision to make the narrative secondary a conscious decision?mangaOsamuTezukaTagoreTasherDeshsurmetreNeelimprovizedGandufreestylingWhy do you call it Tagore on an acid trip?���60sTagoreTagoreDon���t you fear resentment having introduced a same-sex track in Tagore���s text?RuitoniIskaboniTagoreTagorebajraTagorebajraYou���ve also dealt with Lalan Fakir���s relationship with Tagore...GurubaadTasher Deshgopono kathaPatralekhaPatralekhaVisva-BharatitheatreTasherDeshPatralekhaTagoreLalanTagoreLalangopono katha, kauke bola jabenaBishhtakaye banano chhobi, paanch takaye bikri hoye gechhechannelizeWhat, if not commerce, has prompted you to think of casting Prosenjit Chatterjee, the king of Tollywood���s box office?AnuragKashyapvibedTasher DeshProsenjitandHe has said clearly that he doesn���t want to be looked at as a commercial star, at least by us. He wants to fit into our method, which is quite hardcore, there���s no comfort zone. There���s a growing concern among actors; they want to slip into characters. Hasn���t Dibakar (Banerjee) done Shanghai with Prosenjit? Today, a Naseeruddin Shah, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and an Irrfan can experiment in character roles despite being fairly big stars. Prosenjit has been trying to do that with Rituparno Ghosh, since his own reinvention. At the Bengal level, he has done it all. Today, he is hungry for a space he has not been into. And we are super-hungry.Tomorrow would you want to use a studio as a resource too?Tasher DeshBandraSo, you mean to say would never turn into Vodi of Kangal Malsat?