Movies by Shekhar Kapur
As part of the cast:
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Saatwan Aasman (1992)
Cast: Pooja Bhatt, Tanvi Azmi, Shekhar Kapur …
Directed by: Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt's Bollywood drama about living on borrowed time stars Pooja Bhatt as Pooja, a gregarious young woman whose world is turned upside down when she learns she has only six…
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Drishti (1991)
Cast: Dimple Kapadia, Shekhar Kapur, Mita Vasisht …
Directed by: Govind Nihalani
Reminiscent of Ingmar Bergman's classic Scenes from a Marriage, this intense drama follows the downward spiral of the once-happy marriage of Sandhya (Dimple Kapadia) and Nikhil (Shekhar…
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Falak (1988)
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher, Rakhee Gulzar …
Directed by: Shashilal K. Nair
When the security officer at a local mill discovers shady dealings on the part of the owners, he suddenly ends up dead, leaving behind a wife and two sons to fend for themselves. One son,…
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New York, I Love You (2008)
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Natalie Portman, Justin Bartha …
Directed by: Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Natalie Portman …
In the city that never sleeps, love abounds 24/7. At the café, in the park, on the subway, on the corner, you never know where love will find you. Some of the greatest directors present…
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen …
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
Cate Blanchett reprises her role as the Virgin Queen in this lushly costumed but historically muddy sequel to 1998's Elizabeth which focuses on the queen's tempestuous relationship…
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The Four Feathers (2002)
Cast: Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson …
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
In Victorian-era Sudan, British officer Harry Faversham resigns right before a battle against Mahdi rebels, prompting his fiancée and friends to brand him a coward. Little do they know…
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Elizabeth (1998)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston …
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
This Oscar-winning treatise on absolute power and its human toll sees fledgling queen Elizabeth I sacrificing happiness for her own safety and placing her trust in her stealthy "spymaster,"…
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Bandit Queen (1994)
Cast: Seema Biswas, Nirmal Pandey
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
Based on the true story of an infamous female warrior, this drama tells the tale of Phoolan Devi (Seema Biswas), a social pariah in her Indian town who forms a group of Robin Hood-like…
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Mr. India (1987)
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri …
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
In this off-the-wall Bollywood tale, Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor) looks after abandoned and orphaned children but is threatened with eviction as villainous crime lord Mogambo (Amrish Puri) begins…