Mumbai:"I would love to do a thriller based in Mumbai," says award-winning director , who's currently in the city.

"While making Slumdog Millionaire I was looking at the city closely and saw such a huge potential for a thriller. Mumbai has seen such an explosive growth and with the world of police and gangsters, it makes for a great thriller. One of the privileges of being a film director is that you get to see the city in the night. Mumbai is not a 24-hour city like New York, so at 3am in the morning, you can see the dogs wandering around..."

Boyle, whose Slumdog Millionaire won four Golden Globes, says initially he had huge misconceptions about the country. "I am a colonial person and we still go around thinking we are superior and we used to rule the world -- however long back that was. I used to carry around the baggage of superiority. But it was here that I learnt that things have changed and how."

Boyle thinks Hollywood is no longer closed to other film-makers. "The world is changing. I am sure someday, someone will emerge as the connect between Hollywood and Bollywood...someone like Hrithik Roshan. He is bang on! He is such an extraordinary dancer and a good actor. I am sure some day he will be a part of Hollywood."