Filmmaker
Shekhar
Kapur
has
been
appointed
chairman
of
the
Governing
Council
of
Film
and
Television
Institute
of
India
(FTII),
Pune.
The
eminent
actor-director
has
also
been
appointed
as
president
of
the
FTII
Society.
The
Government
of
India's
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting
(Films
Wing)
announced
the
appointment
today
(September
29).
Shekhar
Kapur's
tenure
at
FTII
Pune
will
be
till
March
3,
2023.
When
contacted
by
a
FilmiBeat
source,
FTII
Director
Bhupendra
Kainthola
confirmed
the
development,
saying
that
the
current
chairman
BP
Singh's
tenure
gets
over
in
September
2020
but
that
he
was
given
an
extension
of
three
months
until
a
new
chairperson
was
found.
When
contacted,
Shekhar
Kapur's
ex-wife
and
actress-artist
Suchitra
Krishnamoorthi
congratulated
him
on
his
appointment.
Shekhar
Kapur
comes
with
rich
experience
as
a
filmmaker
and
director
in
India
and
internationally.
He
has
been
a
part
of
talks
and
masterclasses
at
film
festivals
over
the
years,
including
the
International
Film
Festival
of
India
(IFFI).
A
practicing
chartered
accountant
in
England
who
left
his
profession
to
pursue
acting
and
direction,
Shekhar
Kapur
has
made
some
landmark
films
like
Masoom
(1982),
Mr.
India
(1987),
Bandit
Queen
(1994),
Elizabeth
(1998)
and
Elizabeth:
The
Golden
Age
(2007),
and
starred
in
important
films
and
television
shows
throughout
his
career.
Awards
and
Recognitions
Shekhar
Kapur
was
awarded
the
Padma
Shri
by
the
Government
of
India
in
2000.
His
film
Bandit
Queen
won
the
prestigious
National
Film
Award
for
Best
Feature
Film
in
Hindi.
Elizabeth
won
three
prominent
awards
-
the
Academy
Award
for
Best
Makeup
and
Hairstyling,
the
Golden
Globe
Award
for
Best
Actress
-
Motion
Picture
-
Drama
(Cate
Blanchett),
and
the
BAFTA
Award
for
Best
British
Film.
Elizabeth:
The
Golden
Age
was
honoured
with
the
Academy
Award
for
Best
Costume
Design,
among
several
other
awards.
Both
Masoom
and
Bandit
Queen
received
the
Filmfare
Critics
Award
for
Best
Film,
among
other
honours
for
Kapur
over
the
years.
Shekhar
Kapur
was
supposed
to
have
made
the
film
Paani
with
Yash
Raj
Films,
starring
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput.
Kapur
and
Rajput
had
even
had
a
talk
at
IFFI
2017
in
Goa
to
promote
the
film,
where
the
filmmaker's
remarkable
thought
process
came
to
the
fore.
But
as
ambitious
as
the
film
was,
Paani
never
got
made.
A
soft-spoken
genius,
Shekhar
Kapur
is
expected
to
add
a
lot
from
his
cinematic
experience
to
FTII
and
its
students.
He
is
someone
who
speaks
his
mind
and
it
remains
to
be
seen
if
he
fits
into
the
mould
of
FTII
and
its
politics.
Having
said
that,
Kapur
is
also
pro-establishment
currently,
as
is
evident
from
his
tweets.
But
he
is
also
someone
known
to
focus
on
the
craft
and
nothing
else
-
something
which
should
benefit
the
institute's
students
who
have
been
sometimes
unnecessarily
caught
in
a
tussle
with
the
educators
or
been
rebellious.
Before
BP
Singh,
actor
Anupam
Kher
was
at
the
helm
at
FTII
Pune.
Congratulations
to
Shekhar
Kapur
on
his
appointment.