This is a given. And I believe that if filmmakers approach their work this way then the discourse will be much more interesting. You are not just trying to tickle or arouse, you are also talking to the mind of the audience. In my opinion, ideas are as important as emotions. In India especially, however, it has been mainly emotions and feelings that have so far ruled the roost.
Most stories are generally journeys of heroism, charged with emotions, and that is it.
But the mind has to be taken into account. Unless a film can trigger my mind and be the basis for a thousand more ideas, then it hasn't served its function. Artists should not be involved in recycling ideas or existing categories, or restating already established categories. A real artist should understand and express life, without any preconceived notions or predetermined categories of perception. Some of your more recent films have been science fiction works.