Padma Shri,
BAFTA and National Award winner Shekhar Kapur along with Sushant Singh Rajput, Actor hosted an
engaging and interactive master-class at IFFI.
Having made a spectacular directorial debut in 1983 with the
multi-award winning Masoom, Shekhar gained international recognition with the
1994 Bollywood film Bandit Queen, for which he won the National Film Award for
Best Feature Film in Hindi, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie and Best
Direction for that year. It was premiered in the Directors Fortnight section of
the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and was screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
From questions ranging from learning the various aspects of
filmmaking right from the scripting stage to eventually putting up the final
product together on the big screen and collaborating in the near future, the
actor and filmmaker thoroughly entertained the crowd comprising of filmmakers,
aspiring actors and his fans. The popular filmmaker with a great sense of
humour had the crowd in splits with his hilarious repartees as he spoke on
several aspects related to his journey and evolution as a filmmaker.
Talking about his
camaraderie with Sushant Singh Rajput, Shekhar Kapur said, “Sushant is a
brilliant actor and has a good understanding of cinema. We share a great
rapport and always keep discussing stories with each other and working together
on a movie project.”
Sushant, who has
always pushed boundaries and taken risks every step of the way through the
course of his career, started the conversation by asking challenging questions
to the filmmaker who he deeply admires and respects.
Talking
about his participation in the master-class Sushant added, “I’ve come here to
listen to the master ShekharKapur like everyone present here and I have certain
questions to ask him. I started off a science student but my interest always lied
in performing arts. I was sort of confused in my head and started looking for
answers. I’m really proud to be part of the engaging session and grateful to
Shekhar Kapur for answering all my questions.”
