Shekhar Kapur

Directing

Shekhar Kapur

Born 1945-12-06 · Lahore, Punjab, British India

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Shekhar Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian film director and producer. He is a critically acclaimed director, rose to popularity with the movie, Bandit Queen. His historical biopics of Queen Elizabeth I (Elizabeth and its sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age) garnered several Academy Award nominations, including two Best Actress nods for Cate Blanchett. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shekhar Kapur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Acting credits

Jai Ho poster
6.0

The Film brings to its viewers, a hitherto unseen and unheard narrative of one of the greatest musicians the world has ever known: A. R. Rahman

Jai Ho

2014

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust poster
5.7

In a sophisticated near perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve differences. Tensions rise when the whispers of a mythical land without the bags start to float and a fresh council member sparks an accidental revolution.

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

2024

Ishkq in Paris poster
5.6

Akash and Ishkq meet on a train from Rome to Paris and spend a romantic evening in the city.

Ishkq in Paris

2013

Ishk Ishk Ishk poster
7.0

Dhun comes from a wealthy and talented family and desires to see the world on his own. He sets upon this travel and on his journey comes upon an inn called Five Daughters, run by Pahar. Deciding to stay there for a while, he meets Pahar's daughters and falls in love with Pooja. Pooja reciprocates his love and both hope to get married. Just when their marriage is being planned, Pooja's family comes to learn that Dhun and Pooja are related.

Ishk Ishk Ishk

1974

Bandit Queen poster
6.6

Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.

Bandit Queen

1994

Vishwaroopam poster
6.4

Vishwanathan, a Kathak dance teacher in New York, is happy in his marriage with Nirupama, a nuclear oncologist who married him to pursue higher studies in the USA. Deciding to cut ties with her husband, Nirupama hires a private detective to monitor his activities. To her utter shock, certain truths about her husband are subsequently revealed, setting off a chain of events that will change both of their lives irreversibly.

Vishwaroopam

2013

Nazar poster
6.0

A middle-aged antique dealer and money lender recollects his marriage to a 17-year-old orphan girl.

Nazar

1991

Falak poster
8.5

Two partners namely, Murlidhar and Narang, betray their third partner and take over his business. Ramnath works as a watchman in this organization, and he sees illegal business taking place, and attempts to put a stop to this, only to get killed in the process, leaving behind a widow and two sons to fend for themselves. The police classify this death as an accident, and the management refuses to pay any compensation. Years later, the two sons have grown up and remember the death of their dad and the humiliation suffered at the hands of the new owners, and devise a plan to avenge this, and find that the owners have friends in the police force, as well as politicians, who will leave no stone unturned to protect both Narang and Murlidhar.

Falak

1988

Jeena Yahan poster
9.0

Jeena Yahan is a 1979 Bollywood film, directed by Basu Chatterjee and produced by N.P. Ali under Jamu Pictures. The film is based on story Ekhane Aakash Neyi by Manu Bhandari. Lekha marries Shekhar, who does not belong to her caste, and lives happily with him in Mumbai. When they visit his village, she learns that his sister is in love but is forced to marry someone else.

Jeena Yahan

1979

Vishwaroopam II poster
5.5

RAW agent Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri prevents an al-Qaida terrorist from executing a massive attack on New York. He must now wade through further traps and conspiracies to thwart a new plot against three democratic nations.

Vishwaroopam II

2018

Akarshan poster
4.0

Love story about an actress falling in love with her costar

Akarshan

1988

Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing poster
NR

Australian film editor Jill Bilcock is one of the world's most sought after film editors, having edited beloved films such as STRICTLY BALLROOM, ROMEO+JULIET, MURIEL’S WEDDING, ELIZABETH, MOULIN ROUGE!, ROAD TO PERDITION and THE DRESSMAKER. This documentary looks at her craft and charts how an outspoken arts student in 1960s Melbourne became one of the world’s most acclaimed film artists. Featuring interviews with Jill and many of today's leading filmmakers and actors, such as Baz Luhrmann, Jocelyn Moorehouse, Sam Mendes, Shekhar Kapur, Fred Schepisi and Cate Blanchett.

Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing

2017

Drishti poster
7.3

Sandhya and Nikhil have been married for eight years and live a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay, along with a daughter, Rashmi. However, their lives change when Nikhil has an affair with his assistant Vrinda and divorces Sandhya.

Drishti

1990

Gawaahi poster
7.0

Jhanvi Kaul is on trial for the murder of her lover and employer, Ranjeet Choudhary. A series of prosecution witnesses build a damning case against her - that the two of them had embezzled large sums of money, that she had another lover who is also a local goon and that a witness even saw her throwing the body of Ranjeet over her apartment balcony.

Gawaahi

1989

Toote Khilone poster
7.0

Film starring Shekhar Kapur, Shabana Azmi and Utpal Dutt.

Toote Khilone

1978

Saatwan Aasman poster
8.5

Mahesh Bhatt's Bollywood drama about living on borrowed time stars Pooja Bhatt as Pooja, a gregarious young woman whose world is turned upside down when she learns she has only six months to live. Romance blossoms when Pooja meets the fugitive Suraj (Vivek Mushran), who staged a daring escape from death row so he could care for his ailing mother. But with Pooja terminally ill and Suraj on the run, does their love stand a chance?

Saatwan Aasman

1992

Behind the camera

Elizabeth poster
7.2

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

Elizabeth

1998

Elizabeth: The Golden Age poster
6.7

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2007

New York, I Love You poster
6.0

New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.

New York, I Love You

2008

What's Love Got to Do with It? poster
6.1

Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.

What's Love Got to Do with It?

2023

Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster
5.0

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

The Four Feathers poster
6.6

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.

The Four Feathers

2002

Bandit Queen poster
6.6

Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.

Bandit Queen

1994

Mr. India poster
6.9

A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.

Mr. India

1987

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NR

Former singer Isabelle visits a hotel on the Upper East Side. She is not satisfied with the room she has been given and is taken to another room one floor up by the clerk Jacob. He is the son of the owner Bellhop.

Remembrance

2009

Dushmani: A Violent Love Story poster
7.0

In order to settle personal scores; two gang leaders, Jai Singh and Oberoi fight for many years in gang-wars. There enmity multiplies when Jai's younger brother, Suraj falls in love with Oberoi's sister, Sapna which forces Suraj and Sapna to elope. Jai then locates the duo and brings them back to try and convince Oberoi to get them marry albeit successful.

Dushmani: A Violent Love Story

1995

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Masoom: The Next Generation

No artwork available
NR

A 1960s-early ’70s coming-of-age story inspired by rock legend Dave Stewart’s teen years in the North East of England and the discs and soundtracks that sparked his journey to becoming a musician.

Ebony McQueen

Masoom poster
6.6

A loving husband and father's joyful family life is rocked to its core upon the discovery that he has a young son borne from a past extramarital affair.

Masoom

1983

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7.3

Three estranged sisters reunite one night when the oldest comes back for her two younger sisters after leaving them years before in mysterious circumstances.

Passage

2009

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NR

A biopic about the life of Ukrainian bacteriologist Waldemar Haffkine, who had been falsely accused of killing 19 people in what became known as the Second Dreyfuss Affair.

Foreign Bodies

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NR

A historical drama biopic about vaccine pioneer and bacteriologist Waldemar Haffkine.

Foreign Bodies

No artwork available
NR

Biopic on the life of controversial Muslin leader Sheikh Zayed.

Untitled Sheikh Zayed Biopic