The "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" director feels that content of a film matters the most.
"My favourite films in the history of cinema are where content has ruled. It (cinema) is a director's medium and not that of an actor's. The actor's medium is theatre and I am proud of director's medium," Mehra told PTI in an interview here.
"I am into it (direction) because I want to be into it. Writer, director, music director, cinematographer, editor all are important. It is just that they don't come on posters so they are not most celebrated. For us, who are in the business, we don't get enamoured by stars. We make stars, we create them, we give birth to them," he said.
"There was always respect for writers. But somewhere the producers got greedy and thought that stars are what the films are about. Actors are important to a film but they cannot give birth to the film, they are not mother to a film," Mehra said.
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He said media too is in the awe of actors.
"Media also wants to sell pictures, so they print good pictures of actors and not of writers and directors. This happens in any country," he said.
Mehra said he felt like a "catalyst" as films on theme of sports started getting importance after the success of "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag".
"Then I made 'Delhi 6' with the idea that why Hindu and Muslims fight. I cannot keep saying the same stuff. With 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' my intent was to show that we can come together with sports and culture," he said.
However, Mehra doesn't want to make another biopic.