
Celebrated and controversial Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is India’s first and most successful film director in Hollywood. His directorial debut was Masoom (1983) with Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi as the leads. Then five years later Mr. India (1987) with Anil Kapoor hit the silver screen. However, it was his real life story Bandit Queen with Seema Biswas (Water) essaying the role of Phoolan Devi that brought him international acclaim and attention.
His other films include The Four Feathers (2002) with Heath Ledger, Elizabeth (1998), which was nominated for seven Oscars and won Cate Blanchett, one of them for best actress and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) which was nominated for two Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards.
Now Kapur has returned to his homeland to create his dream project Paani. The story is set in 2025 in a city of 20 million people with no water.
While in Mumbai, he is going to be interviewed in front of a live audience by CNN’s Anjali Rao on Talk Asia on March 9th.
Would you like to be a part of the interview that Rao will be hosting a with Kapur? Well you can and here’s how:
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