From Chartered Accountant to Filmmaker: Shekhar Kapur, Shared by Mittal Commerce Classes

Shekhar Kapur

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Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur is an Indian filmmaker and actor. a National Board of Review Award, in addition to a nomination for a Golden Globe Award.

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At 22, he became a Chartered Accountant with the ICAEW in England, having studied accountancy at the behest of his parents.

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He then started his career working with a multinational oil company. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1970 and spent several years working as an accountant.

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He then made his directorial debut with cult classic Masoom in 1983, before gaining widespread acclaim with Mr. India in 1987.

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He then gained international recognition and acclaim in 1994 with the biographical film Bandit Queen, based on the infamous Indian bandit and politician Phoolan Devi.

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He established an Indian film company with Ram Gopal Verma and Mani Ratnam, though the group has thus far produced only one film, Dil Se.. (1998)

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In 2020, Kapur became the president of the Film and Television Institute of India. In 2023, Kapur served as the chairperson of the International competition.

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