In Conversation With Shekhar Kapur Part-1
By kamla bhatt • Aug 26th, 2007Category: Bollywood, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, India, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
Director/Writer Shekhar Kapur talks about his passion: films.
He talks about his early years and how he made the transition to films. Did the fact that his uncles were well-known film personalities influence him? His uncles are Chetan Anand, Dev Anand and Vijay Anand.
Did you know that it took him 12 years to make his first film Masoom? From there Shekhar went to make other successful Hindi films and transitioned into making Hollywood films. We talk about his latest film Elizabeth: The Golden Age starring Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush that is slated for release on October 12, 2007. You can read about the making of the movie in Shekhar’s Golden Age Diary.
Shekhar also shares his views about Bollywood’s growth and its future. Why are Indian films not as successful as Chinese films? Tune in to find out.
Shekhar is an avid blogger and writes on various subjects ranging from movies and entertainment to new media and poverty.
This interview was recorded at the Pan IIT Global Conference in Silicon Valley in July 2007.
Photo credit: IntentBlog
Technorati tags: Shekhar Kapur, Elizabeth The Golden Age, Masoom, Bollywood, Hollywood
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
[…] In Part-I we find out how Shekhar joined the film industry and became a director. How did he make his first film: Masoom? It took him 12 years to direct his first film and he says he never had doubts about his change of profession. Prior to joining the film industry, he worked in London as a CPA and a management consultant. […]
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Holy Cow..how did you score Shekhar Kapur? Awesome interview. Thanks Kamla.
Thanks Ravi for that “holy cow” moment. Glad that you enjoyed the interview.
To borrow a phrase from a famous ad: “Why ask why?” just enjoy the conversation ….
Thanks for listening.
kamla