Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra says his films have always been shaped by the world around him, whether it is the 1989 gangster drama “Parinda” or his most recent movie “12 th Fail”.

Speaking at a session during the ongoing 56 th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Saturday, Chopra said his films are not manufactured but an expression of what he sees and feels about the times.

“I react to times; an artist is not independent of the times he lives in. Shakespeare wrote what he wrote because he is doing plays there, and Van Gogh, painted, what he (wanted to). I’m a reflection of society. For an artist, the right thing is to represent what he’s going through in his work,” Chopra said.

“Unfortunately, now it’s all about, Sanjay Dutt told me, ‘You’re the only one who uses paper an

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