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.
Filmfare Award for Best Director, Padma Shri, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, BAFTA Award for Best British Film, National Board of Review Award for Best Director, Filmfare Special Jury Award, Bollywood Movie Award – Pride of India Award
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Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture, British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Satellite Award for Best Director, Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film, David di Donatello for Best European Film
Movies
Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Paani, Elizabeth, Bandit Queen, Mr. India, The Four Feathers, Masoom, New York, I Love You, Teraa Surroor, Vishwaroopam, Toote Khilone, Ishk Ishk Ishk, Vishwaroopam 2, Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, Gawaahi, Jaan Hazir Hai, Drishti, Saatwan Aasman, Jeena Yah...
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I am far more comfortable with failure than I ever will be with success.
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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.
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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.
Had a seven year long relationship with Shabana Azmi
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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.
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