When
Boney
Kapoor
was
invited
to
the
ongoing
Cairo
International
Film
Festival,
it
was
in
the
capacity
of
being
a
Guest
of
Honour.
However,
to
his
pleasant
surprise,
he
was
also
bestowed
upon
a
Lifetime
Achievement
award,
something
which
he
didn't
see
coming
at
all.
What
acted
as
a
cherry
on
the
top,
literally
so,
was
the
fact
that
the
felicitation
happened
on
11th
November,
which
happens
to
be
Boney
Kapoor's
birthday.
"I
have
turned
54
and
this
award
makes
me
wonder
if
I
have
really
aged.
In
fact
I
feel
that
I
have
just
started",
chuckles
Boney
Kapoor
when
this
writer
spoke
to
him,
"It's
my
birthday
and
this
award
has
really
made
me
feel
so
special.
More
so
because
I
wasn't
expecting
it
at
all.
I
was
a
special
invitee
there
as
a
Guest
of
Honour
and
was
required
to
provide
organizers
some
documentation
around
my
work
over
the
decades.
I
didn't
have
any
clue
that
this
profiling
was
being
done
to
hand
me
over
a
Lifetime
Achievement
award."
He
was
in
the
elite
company
of
actors
like
Samuel
Jackson
and
Salma
Hayek
amongst
others
who
were
also
special
guests
at
the
event.
Other
than
them,
there
were
also
quite
a
few
renowned
Arab
and
Egyptian
film
personalities
with
whom
Boney
Kapoor
hobnobbed
with.
"Yes,
it
was
good
to
be
with
Hollywood
personalities.
However,
what
I
liked
most
was
the
fact
that
I
was
on
stage
with
Adoor
Gopalakrishnan
who
is
on
an
extremely
different
end
when
it
comes
to
filmmaking
sensibilities.
He
too
was
bestowed
upon
the
same
award.
It
is
great
that
industry
in
general
is
acknowledging
the
contribution
of
filmmakers
belonging
to
farthest
extremes",
says
Boney
over
phone
from
Cairo.
Generally
an
award
belonging
to
this
category
signals
retirement
time
for
many
a
filmmaker.
However,
Boney
has
been
further
buoyed
by
this
and
is
now
aspiring
at
starting
newer
projects
soon.
"I
don't
think
I
have
reached
my
peak
to
even
think
of
retirement",
he
laughs,
"There
are
only
a
few
lucky
ones
who
have
managed
to
survive
the
industry
as
a
filmmaker
for
as
many
as
30
years.
I
guess
there
are
just
8-10
of
us.
God
has
been
kind
with
me
to
pull
me
out
of
the
financial
mess
I
was
in."
"With
two
back
to
back
blockbusters
in
the
form
of
No
Entry
followed
by
Wanted,
I
am
raring
to
go.
I
have
to
be
consistent
from
here
on,
pick
my
projects
carefully
and
ensure
that
I
do
not
repeat
my
mistakes.
Being
in
a
good
situation
like
this,
I
can't
let
it
slip
away
again",
he
signs
off.
Next
in
line
for
Boney
Kapoor
is
Satish
Kaushik
directed
Milenge
Milenge
(Shahid
Kapoor,
Kareena
Kapoor)
and
brother
Sanjay
Kapoor's
debut
production
It's
My
Life
(directed
by
Anees
Bazmee
and
starring
Harman
Baweja,
Genelia
D'Souza
and
Nana
Patekar).