Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kapur is an Indian film director, actor and producer known for his works in Hindi cinema. Kapur became known in Bollywood with his recurring role in the TV series Khandan in the mid-1980s and his directorial debut in the cult Bollywood film Masoom in 1983, which won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie for that year...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth6 December 1945
CountryIndia
blush mozart notes somehow suggest trying
When you get up, the night and day is a contradiction. But you get up at 4 A.M. That first blush of blue is where the night and day are trying to find harmony with each other. Harmony is the notes that Mozart didn't give you, but somehow the contradiction of his notes suggest that. All contradictions of his notes suggest the harmony.
courage huge politics wish
I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India.
Heath Ledger is someone I know and would like to do a film with.
fought kept
It is interesting that Nehru fought and kept saying that if you break India into languages, there is no end to it.
India was formed on the idea 'Let's get the British out.'
courage people politics takes
I admire people who come to politics because it takes a lot of courage to be in politics in India.
It is awkward to see a director on the screen.
anywhere
There is more racial prejudice in India than anywhere else in the world.
danny question quite richard
The question is - did Richard Attenborough have a right to make 'Gandhi?' And did Danny Boyle have a right to make 'Slumdog Millionaire?' Quite honestly, if they didn't have the right to make these films, I had no right to make 'Elizabeth.'
fall illusion knowing life love whom
Not knowing whom to fall in love with is like not knowing which film to make next. Life is pretty chaotic; it's just an illusion that one has control over one's life.
build expected good indian indians people
It was expected of all good middle-class Indian people to build India and, as you know, Indians - when we say, 'build India,' it was all about being an accountant, a lawyer, an engineer. So it was this idea that professionals would build the country.
goes
I'm not sure who I am. That's why I keep saying I'm an adventurer that goes out.
portraying
Film is drama. You've only two hours, so you lie by exclusion, and try to make up for it by portraying the environment.
becomes direct knowledge lost prepare quicksand weight wisdom words
When I go out to direct a film, every day we prepare too much, we think too much. Knowledge becomes a weight upon wisdom. You know, simple words lost in the quicksand of experience.