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Shekhar Kapur
Birth at
6 December 1945
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Shekhar Kapoor was born in 1945 in Lahore (then British India, now Pakistan). Nephew of actors Vijay Ananda and Deva Ananda. His father suggested that he try his hand at show business. At first, Shekhar Kapoor, having left his native India, studied management in the UK. However, he soon became bored with accounting, and he returned to his homeland and became an actor in Bollywood. However, his acting career did not work, and eventually he found himself becoming a director. He made his debut as a
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Shekhar Kapoor was born in 1945 in Lahore (then British India, now Pakistan). Nephew of actors Vijay Ananda and Deva Ananda. His father suggested that he try his hand at show business. At first, Shekhar Kapoor, having left his native India, studied management in the UK. However, he soon became bored with accounting, and he returned to his homeland and became an actor in Bollywood. However, his acting career did not work, and eventually he found himself becoming a director. He made his debut as a director with Shekhar Kapoor's Innocent in 1983. He became famous for the biographical film “Gangster Queen”, released in 1994. She told about the real criminal Pula Devi, who comes from the lower caste of Indian society. Despite the objections of censorship and the prototype of the main character, the film was a commercial success and was noticed on the international stage. In 1998, the historical picture “Elizabeth” was released on the world screens, staged by Shekhar Kapoor in Hollywood and nominated for an Oscar as the best film of the year. The role of Queen Elizabeth I in it was played by Cate Blanchett. Kapoor became one of the few representatives of Indian Bollywood, which was accompanied by success in American cinema. After several years in India after his triumph, the director staged the battle-historical drama Four Feathers in 2002.