One of the many highlights of India’s Cinvesture World Film Festival and Market was a candid and philosophical on-stage chat between veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and his singer-songwriter-composer daughter Kaveri.
Shekhar Kapur is known for his eclectic work spanning the Indian films “Masoom” and “Mr. India,” the hard-hitting biopic “Bandit Queen,” the Oscar-winning “Elizabeth,” starring Cate Blanchett, “The Four Feathers,” starring Heath Ledger, and the recent romantic comedy “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” ?”
When asked to reveal something unknown about himself, Shekhar Kapur opened up about his hidden fears, saying that people who think he is cool don’t “see the panic in my head every morning”.
“Worry motivates me. I discover that panic is a great type of creativity. When I, for example, make a film, I plan it like a normal trip to war, since you never know where the bullet is coming from. And when I get to the set… out of nowhere, you’re met with 200 people who say, give us the next chance. I do not know what to say. Because at this point, I’ve convinced myself that I don’t know,” said Kapur. “I’ll go to Cate Blanchett and say ‘What would you love to do?’ and she or he will say, ‘Shekhar, you are doing it again. You don’t know, do you? ‘I say no, I have no idea what to do. So why don’t you start? And I’m going to find out.’”
“You can’t plan for that moment because the moment didn’t happen? How will you plan for that which does not exist. And so the timing should tell you one thing,” added Shekhar Kapur. “There’s a constant conversation about – is anxiety necessary for creativity? Is anxiety necessary for you to simply take the next step? I don’t think so.
The filmmaker stated that he feels responsible because his daughter went through “a lot of anxieties” and that her parents did not deal well with the separation.
Kaveri Kapur said, “I struggled a lot with my mental health. It actually started when I was a kid and I don’t think we recognized it until it was so strong that we had no choice, but no, I don’t think you should blame yourself for it.
Shekhar Kapur is featuring Kaveri as an actor in “Masoom… The New Era”, a track that builds on his 1983 directorial debut “Masoom”. “I believe you have made the most sincere explorations of human nature. And for me, that’s what fascinated me about showing up. That’s why I get so excited. It feels like I’m exploring human nature and what makes us tick and the dark elements of us and I think you discover that in the most realistic way I’ve ever seen,” Kaveri Kapur told her father.
“As a parent, that’s one of my problems because she keeps telling me about the dark side, keeps writing about the dark side,” Shekhar Kapur said. “I’m like, ‘Oh my God, my daughter is obsessed with the dark side.’”
“I’m not obsessed with the dark side. It’s simply something that is part of all of us. Some of us choose to acknowledge it. Some of us don’t. I didn’t have any selection. It is simply part of our reality,” replied Kaveri Kapur. “It’s fascinating and brings another layer to my life and my artistic work and it would be dishonest of me not to discover it and talk about it. Because we are dark and light, this is as much a part of us as it is of things that are happier, more satisfying, and easier to digest.
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