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Shekhar Kapur (born 6 December 1945) 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 and Best Direction for that year.He gained international recognition with the 1994 Bollywood film Bandit Queen based on the life of infamous Indian bandit and politician Phoolan Devi, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie and Best Direction for that year. The film was premiered in the Directors Fortnight section of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, and was screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival.His historical biopics on Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth (1998) and The Golden Age (2007)) won the BAFTA Award for Best Film, and two Academy Award nominations. He has been the recipient of the Indian National Film Award, the BAFTA Award, the National Board of Review Award, and four Filmfare Awards. In 2010, He served as one of the Jury Members (International Competition) at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. IMDB Wikipedia $25 Million 1945 1945-12-6 Actor British India [now Pakistan] December 6 Director Elizabeth (1998) Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) I Love You (2008) Kaveri Kapur Lahore New York producer Punjab Sagittarius Shekhar Kapur Shekhar Kapur Net Worth Suchitra Krishnamoorthi The Four Feathers (2002)

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Shekhar Kapur Quotes

• I am far more comfortable with failure than I ever will be with success.
• There’s a lot of imagination in Asia, and I believe that the next Google will come from there, and the next Pixar. I believe that the great new media companies will come out of Asia and surpass the big media conglomerates that exist right now in the west.
• I’ve never looked at film-making as a career. I’ve looked on film-making as an adventure. When you come down the mountain, you get ready to climb again.

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• His film Time Machine (1991) starring Naseeruddin Shah, Rekha, Aamir Khan, Raveena Tandon was shelved after shooting about 80%.
• First wife name was Medha. She remarried singer Anup Jalota and became popularly known as Medha Jalota.
• Brother-in-law of Parikshat Sahni. Cousin Aruna’s husband.
• Was suppose to launch Bobby Deol and Karisma Kapoor in a movie titled ” Badal”. He parted ways with Sunny Deol after shooting the movie for 20 days.
• Left the Bollywood movie Dushmani (1996) after shooting it 60%.
• Younger sister Sohaila Kapur is a actress, director, author.
• Directed Cate Blanchett in two Oscar nominated performances for the exact same role (Queen Elizabeth) but in different films: Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007).
• Former Brother in law of Bollywood legend Late Navin Nischol. Sister Neelu Kapoor is the former partner of Nischol.
• Nephew of Late Dev Anand.
• Had a seven year long relationship with Shabana Azmi
• Qualified as a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales in the early 70’s in London UK. Disillusioned and unmotivated my this conventional career, he abandoned his profession to pursue his artistic interests.
• Nephew of Late Vijay Anand.

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