Quote:
"In 2007, which is when I started thinking about it, I couldn't understand for the life of me why women did not leave abusive relationships. That was the catalyst or the starting point for delving deeper into abuse."
-- Deepa Mehta

Source:
Dixon, Guy. "'We have no clue': Deepa Mehta confronts domestic abuse in immigrant communities in her new film, writes Guy Dixon." Interview with Deepa Mehta. Globe and Mail, September 9, 2008.