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Shekar Kapur to make "Straight to video" Stinker

Posted by Tony on Mon Dec 10, 2001 10:31:55 AM

'Shekar Kapur' to direct for DreamWorks
Variety reports that director Shekar Kapur is ready to take helm at DreamWorks for yet another different film called 'Air Pirates.' One of my personal favorite directors has done almost every genre film. His previous works include 'Masoom,' 'Mr.India' 'Dushmini,' 'Bandit Queen' and the recent nominated 'Elizabeth.'
"Elizabeth'' director Shekhar Kapur will take flight with ``Air Pirates,'' an action-adventure based on the true exploits of airplane salvage expert Gary Larkin. In the DreamWorks picture, Larkin's search for fortune grows deadly when he's commissioned by a woman to uncover the truth behind her husband's disappearance during a secret World War II mission. The film will be set in the present but include several flashbacks. While ``Pirates'' represents a definite change of genre from ''Elizabeth,'' Kapur showed in his 1994 Hindi guerrilla drama ''Bandit Queen'' that he could handle action scenes and personalize an epic story.
Lahore-born Kapur is perhaps the most prominent director to cross over from Bollywood to Hollywood; he made the transition via the British-produced ``Elizabeth,'' which nabbed seven Oscar nominations (including best film) and grossed $30 million in the U.S. Since then, he's become involved with a number of US features, including Warner Bros.' drama ``Steinbeck's Point of View.'' He is also attached to direct the Nelson Mandela biopic ''Long Walk to Freedom.'' Kapur's other credits include ``Mr. India'' and ``Masoom.''


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