Shekhar Kapur director of Academy Awards (Oscars) winning film “Elizabeth” shared his thoughts on what makes him a successful film director and how one can become famous in a conversation with Subodh Gupta, Editor, Journalism News Network UK in London.
Q: The secret formula to become a successful film director like yourself?
Ans: 3ps; Passion, perseverance and patience and that’s it.
Q: If somebody wants to become next Shekhar Kapur, what he or she needs to do?
Ans: Shekhar said, it will take you many years (laughing). When I started there was nothing. Somebody needs to have expensive cameras; expensive actors but you don’t need any of that now.
Today, you take your smartphone, you shoot something, and you can edit it with simplest editing machine/software.
So you are your own story writer, you are your cameraman, you get some friends, you make some drama, you can edit,
it’s so easy and then you become your own distributor. You can put it on Vimeo you can put it on YouTube. There are so many options available.
So actually you can start tomorrow.
Q: How do I become famous?
Ans: Anybody can play tennis, but you need to be really really good to become Roger Federer. It takes a
little bit of luck but it takes a lot of hard work.
Q: What advice will you give to the younger generation?
Ans: If you have passion then don’t doubt it. Don’t be afraid and don’t fear your passion. Nothing will come immediately but then perseverance and don’t give up. Passion, perseverance, and patience.
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/embed/qv1fLDGoxbI
Shekhar Kapur is an Indian film director and producer. He rose to popularity with his movie, Bandit Queen. He was nominated for Academy awards for Elizabeth and its sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
He was a member of the jury at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. He was also awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2000 and National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi (director) – Bandit Queen (1994).
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