Shekhar Kapur

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-12-06 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Lahore, Punjab, British India

Shekhar Kapur

Biography

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

1995

Bandit Queen

as Truck Driver

2024

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

as Council Member (voice)

2013

Ishkq in Paris

as Ranveer

1991

Nazar

as Antique Dealer / Money Lender

2018

Vishwaroopam II

as Colonel Jagannath

1979

Jeena Yahan

as Shekhar

2013

Vishwaroopam

as Colonel Jagannath

1990

Drishti

as Nikhil

1988

Akarshan

as Self

1989

Gawaahi

as Ranjeet Choudhary

1988

Falak

as Police Inspector Jimmy

2014

Jai Ho

as self

Production

1998

Elizabeth

as Director

1983

Masoom

as Director

2002

2002

The Guru

as Executive Producer

1987

Mr. India

as Director

1995

Bandit Queen

as Director

2009

Passage

as Director

2008

2009

Remembrance

as Director

1998

Dil Se..

as Executive Producer

-

Song Of Songs

as Executive Producer

-

Ebony McQueen

as Director

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Masoom 2

as Director

-

Next To God

as Creative Director

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