Directing a musical a new challenge: Shekhar Kapur
St.Gallen
January ,21 2018
Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, known for movies like
"Bandit Queen", "Mr India" and "Masoom", is directing his first directorial and
says it is like a new challenge and adventure.
Kapur on Sunday tweeted a
series of photographs and captioned it: "My first snow outside my window in St.
Gallen, Switzerland. My first experience at directing a musical on stage. A new
challenge. A new adventure."
It is reported that his first stage play is
about conquering the highest peak of the Alps in Switzerland and is called "The
Matterhorn" authored by Michael Kunze.
Kapur gained international
recognition with the 1994 film "Bandit Queen", based on Mala Sen's biography of
infamous Indian bandit and politician Phoolan Devi, which won the National Film
Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
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" and "Elizabeth: The Golden Age", won the BAFTA Award for Best Film
and two Academy Awards.
St.Gallen
January ,21 2018
Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, known for movies like
"Bandit Queen", "Mr India" and "Masoom", is directing his first directorial and
says it is like a new challenge and adventure.
Kapur on Sunday tweeted a
series of photographs and captioned it: "My first snow outside my window in St.
Gallen, Switzerland. My first experience at directing a musical on stage. A new
challenge. A new adventure."
It is reported that his first stage play is
about conquering the highest peak of the Alps in Switzerland and is called "The
Matterhorn" authored by Michael Kunze.
Kapur gained international
recognition with the 1994 film "Bandit Queen", based on Mala Sen's biography of
infamous Indian bandit and politician Phoolan Devi, which won the National Film
Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
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" and "Elizabeth: The Golden Age", won the BAFTA Award for Best Film
and two Academy Awards.
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