Yes, I've worked with Mani Kaul (Idiot, the 1991 telefilm based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel) , Kundan Shah (Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, in 1993), Ketan Mehta (1992's Maya Memsa'ab, and 1995's Oh Darling Yeh Hai India).

But being the producer in Paheli, this was the first occasion when I got to observe a so-called serious director so closely. Earlier, I was younger and brasher. I just did my job and went home. This is my first real brush with the mindset of an avant-garde filmmaker.