Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra's take on the best and worst things in Budget

To trigger creativity in cinema, the making of films has to become cheaper too

Has Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman steered the economy out of the woods? 

More or less the Budget is status quo. It has no imagination. For me “nutrition” is above all and by nutrition I mean both the physical and mental stimulation of people. But most of the experts say this Budget doesn’t take care of that sort of “nutrition” for India.

Is this a populist, please-all Budget? 

I am not an expert but for me, unless the Budget triggers employment and innovation and creativity, it is not effective. I don’t see it as “this government versus that government,” and I think this has