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
buddha buddhism camera director elements given music thinking video wonder
I often wonder when I make a film - I'm thinking of making a film of the Buddha - and I often wonder: If Buddha had all the elements that are given to a director - if he had music, if he had visuals, if he had a video camera - would we get Buddhism better?
life lessons yearning
Lessons of Life: When you stop yearning, When you stop aspiring. You stop living.
love fall earth
Fall in love so madly that every leaf whispers words of love to your lover. Every raindrop explodes with only one word as it hits the Earth.
love possession
True love can exist only in freedom from possession.
time single-mom moments
If time has no beginning and no end, everything is happening, will happen, has happened, at the same moment. All eternity in a single moment.
india corruption
In India, the corrupt accuse the corrupt of being corrupt and the corrupt investigate the corrupt and absolve the corrupt of being corrupt.
mad stories existence
We create stories to define our existence. If we do not create the stories, we probably go mad.
motivation inspiration creativity
Panic is the great access of creativity because that's the only way to get rid of your mind.
jobs years careers
I spent 15 years of my career trying to convince people that Indian cinema is relevant. I am so proud of Indian cinema and I am so proud of my Indian roots. The IIFAs are doing a great job to this effect.
night blue 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.
comfortable
I am far more comfortable with failure than I ever will be with success.
simple earth facts
Why should the simple fact of your having more money entitle you to a greater share of the Earth's limited natural resources?
motivation inspiration stories
A story is the relationship that you develop between who you are, or who you potentially are, and the infinite world.
heart dark trying
Cosmetic companies are trying to turn India into a nation of Albinos. No dark area on any part of the body. Except maybe our hearts. Got a cream for that?