When a Gujarati film named The Good Road was selected as India’s official entry to Academy Awards, quite a lot were surprised. Goutam Ghose wasn’t one of them. After all, he headed the selection committee that decided to go with the aforementioned film instead of popular frontrunners. Presently in the eye of a raging storm on social networking sites, the acclaimed filmmaker is unruffled by the controversy though. In a freewheeling chat, the 63-year-old explains why.

Goutam Ghose