Our Bureau
London
Shekhar Kapur has won the Best Director award for What’s Love Got To Do With It? at the British National Awards. The celebrated director’s most recent film, What’s Love Got To Do With It? was released in the UK, USA, and India and received a tremendous response globally.
Shekhar Kapur shared a post on his social media: “Thank you @nationalfilmawards for this very unexpected honor. But this award really belongs to Team What’s Love … For a director is merely a sum total of his/her team ..”
The film’s screenplay has been written by Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith. Actor Emma is also a part of the movie.
Actor Shabana has acted alongside British actor Lily James and Pakistani actor Sajal Aly in this movie.
Last year, the film premiered at the prestigious Toronto film festival, where the film received two standing ovations. Shabana, Lily and Sajal attended the premiere and enthralled the audience.
Earlier this week, the British National Awards took place, and out of the nine categories in which the movie was nominated, the film won four awards: Best Director, Best British Film, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.
Shekhar’s contributions to cinema have not only shaped the Indian landscape but also extended to the international stage, with his movies Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age winning Oscar Awards.
Kapur is known for his outstanding films like ‘Bandit Queen’, a British biographical drama ‘Elizabeth’ for which he was nominated for best director at the BAFTAs and Golden Globes, and its sequel ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age’ (2007), which won Cate Blanchett her first acting Oscar.
The filmmaker is currently planning a sequel to his directorial debut ‘Masoom’. The film is titled as ‘Masoom… The New Generation.’
Apart from that, he also directed one of Heath Ledger’s last films, the 2002 epic ‘The Four Feathers.’
