Shekhar Kapur, born 6 December 1945 is a renowned film director and producer from India. December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ...

Personal life

His basic schooling was done at the Modern School, New Delhi. His works include Elizabeth (1998),a historically inaccurate account of the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I; it was nominated for 8 Oscars. In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Shri. Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, India Founded in 1920, Modern School is among the best-known private schools in India. ... , This article is about the urban region that is the capital of India. ... Elizabeth is a 1998 movie about the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about Elizabeth I of England. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Padma Shri (also spelt Padma Shree, Padmashree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India generally to Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Social Service and public life. ...

Shekhar Kapur

Shekhar Kapur is reported to be a close family relation of the Indian veteran star Dev Anand. Kapur is also a chartered accountant. He was married to singer and actress Suchitra Krishnamurthy and they divorced in Feb 2007. Image File history File linksMetadata Shekhar_Kapur. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Shekhar_Kapur. ... The current version of the article or section is written like a magazine article instead of the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia. ... Accountant, or Qualified Accountant, or Professional Accountant, is a certified accountancy and financial expert in the jurisdiction of many countries. ... Suchitra Krishnamurthy is an Indian actress. ...

In June 2005, Kapur and his friend, author Deepak Chopra launched a discussion blog [1] with a select group of their friends and family. The purpose of the blog is to promote original discussion by voices from South Asia, and especially India. Kapur posts regularly on the blog, often writing short personal poems. Shortly after, Kapur also started his own personal blog on his official website. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grow Younger, Live Longer, 2001 Deepak Chopra (Hindi: दीपक चोपड़ा; born October 22, 1946) is an Indian medical doctor and writer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Map of South Asia (see note on Kashmir). ...

In 2006 Kapur formed Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation an entertainment company focussed on creating new stories and characters for a global audience. The Company was founded with Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin Group, author Deepak Chopra and entrepreneurs Sharad Devarajan, Suresh Seetharaman and Gotham Chopra. Devi Snakewoman The Sadhu Ramayana Reborn Seven Brothers End of Story Five upcoming titles Promotional poster Virgin Comics LLC is a comic book company, which produces Indian-related comics for an international audience. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... Grow Younger, Live Longer, 2001 Deepak Chopra (Hindi: दीपक चोपड़ा; born October 22, 1946) is an Indian medical doctor and writer. ... Sharad Devarajan is the co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Publisher of the recently formed Virgin Comics LLC and Virgin Animation Pvt. ... Gotham Chopra (born Gautama Chopra on February 23, 1975 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an author and entertainment/media entrepreneur. ...

Career

Shekhar Kapur started his career in Bollywood directing the Hindi film Masoom (1983). He then directed the 1987 Hindi science-fiction film Mr India.Both films were hugely successful and critically acclaimed. He has since directed films mostly in English. Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ... Masoom was Shekhar Kapoors first directorial venture. ... For the song from The Rocky Horror Show, see Science Fiction/Double Feature. ... Film poster Mr India is 1987 Indian science fiction Bollywood film directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Anil Kapoor in the title role, Sridevi as his romantic interest and Amrish Puri is one of his most famous roles, as villain Mogambo. ...

Kapur has appeared in his own film Bandit Queen as a truck driver, and has also appeared in several Hindi TV serials and films, but his career never took off as an actor. Some scenes of the movie Joshilay (1989) which starred Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi and Meenakshi Sheshadari were directed by Kapur and he also directed the incomplete 1992 Hindi film Time Machine. Bandit Queen is a 1994 film based upon the life of Phoolan Devi. ... Sunny Deol (Hindi: सनी देओल, Urdu: شنِ دِیول), born as Ajay Singh Deol (Punjabi-Jatt: ਅਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿਓਲ, Hindi: अजय सिंह देओल, Urdu: اَجے سِںہ دِیول) on October 19, 1956 in New Delhi, India) is a National Film Awards winning film (Bollywood) actor of Punjabi descent. ... Anil Kapoor is a popular Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies. ... Sridevi (Tamil: ஸ்ரீதேவி) also known as Sreedevi Ayyapan, was born on August 13, 1963 in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. ...

He was accused of being Anti-British by British tabloids, for the way he portrayed the British Army and the Empire in the movie The Four Feathers. This was heightened by the fact that during an interview for the DVD release of the Four Feathers he spoke favorably of the fanatical religious leader depicted in the film (the Mahdi). The Four Feathers is a 2002 drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley and Kate Hudson. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Muhammad al-Mahdi. ...

Kapur was the executive producer of the film The Guru. He also established an Indian talkies film company with Ram Gopal Verma and Mani Ratnam. This company has thus far produced only one film, Dil Se (1998) starring Shah Rukh Khan. The Guru is a 2002 comedy film written by Tracey Jackson and directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer, about a dance teacher who comes to America from India to pursue a normal career but incidentally stumbles into a brief but high-profile career as a sex guru, a career based... Ram Gopal Verma or better known as the factory is one of the few maverick film makers of the Hindi film indutry. ... Mani Ratnam (Tamil: ) (born June 2, 1956) is a critically acclaimed Tamil Indian film director, writer and producer. ... Dil Se (Devanagari दिल से) (1998) is a Hindi film directed by Mani Ratnam. ... Shah Rukh Moorakh Khan (born November 2, 2007) (Devanagari: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Naskh: شاہ رخ خان) is a prominent Bollywood actor, producer, and was recently the host of the game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati. ...

Kapur was also executive producer of the Bollywood-themed Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Bombay Dreams, which has been running in the West End, London since 2002, and on Broadway in New York City since 2004. Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Bombay Dreams on Broadway, New York City Bombay Dreams is a Bollywood-themed musical. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In an unusual role, Kapur played the voice of Mahatma Gandhi in the Charkha Audiobooks title of "The Story of My Experiments with Truth -autobiography of M.K. Gandhi", alongside Nandita Das as narrator. Nandita Das (born November 7, 1969 in Delhi, India) is an Indian actress. ...

His future projects include Long Walk to Freedom, Water, The Last Full Measure, and Golden Age, a sequel to Elizabeth. According to screenwriter John Rogers, the success of Elizabeth led to Kapur being tapped to work on an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, though the project was eventually shelved. [2] Kapur also tentatively planned to helm a motion picture account of the life of the Buddha, entitled Buddha, but the plans were later dropped for unstated reasons. Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiographical work written by Nelson Mandela in 1995, and published by Little Brown & Co. ... Golden Age is the movie sequel to the film Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett. ... John Rogers is a scriptwriter, film producer, and comic book writer. ... Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American Jewish author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Hari Seldons holographic image, pictured on a paperback edition of Foundation, appears at various times in the First Foundations history, to guide it through the social and economic crises that befall it. ... Standing Buddha, ancient region of Gandhara, northern Pakistan, 1st century CE. Gautama Buddha was a South Asian spiritual leader who lived between approximately 563 BCE and 483 BCE. Born Siddhartha Gautama in Sanskrit, a name meaning descendant of Gotama whose aims are achieved/who is efficacious in achieving aims, he... // The next movie and the first to be released on the holy one world wide, will have Indian actor Hrithik Roshan starring as the Buddha. ...

Filmography

• Masoom (1983)
• Mr. India (1987)
• Time Machine (Incomplete)
• Bandit Queen (1994)
• Elizabeth (1998)
• The Four Feathers (2002)
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age (future release)
• The Last Full Measure (future release)
• Long Walk to Freedom (future release)
• Buddha (on hold)
• Foundation (unproduced)

Masoom was Shekhar Kapoors first directorial venture. ... Orphaned as a child, Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor) has dedicated his adult life to looking after orphaned children, in a house where he is unable to afford to pay the rent nor even day to day expenses for necessities. ... Bandit Queen is a 1994 film based upon the life of Phoolan Devi. ... Elizabeth is a 1998 movie about the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. ... The Four Feathers is a 2002 drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley and Kate Hudson. ... Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiographical work written by Nelson Mandela in 1995, and published by Little Brown & Co. ... // The next movie and the first to be released on the holy one world wide, will have Indian actor Hrithik Roshan starring as the Buddha. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

External links

• Shekhar Kapur at the Internet Movie Database
• Shekhar Kapur's official website
• Shekhar Kapur's official blog
• Shekhar Kapur at IntentBlog