With movies like Masoom, Mr. India, Bandit Queen, Elizabeth, and his most recent release, the British romantic comedy What's Love Got to Do With It?, Shekhar Kapur is one of the most prolific directors. The talented director was also hard at work on Paani, his most ambitious project, but was reportedly crushed when it was shelved. It is just found that Kapur is in talks with a few producers and plans to restart the project. He ought to arrange a collaboration soon.
Shekhar Kapur confirms the information, “Yes I have plans to revive Paani, and am in touch with a few producers to discuss the possibility. Hopefully next year, but let’s talk when everything is locked. It’s a dramatic script about many relationships including a love story, and water is the key to the love story. It’s a very spiritual story, for water is the key in every faith in the world. The film will also be shot in English, Flow.. The Story of Water. Meanwhile, I am currently focussing on the promotions of What's Love Got to Do With It?, which is getting some amazing responses at the festivals, including the recent Rome Film Festival. I am really thrilled about it.”
Paani was originally going to be a joint project between late actor Sushant Singh Rajput and director Shekhar Kapur.
What's Love Got to Do With It?, meantime, stars Emma Thompson, Shazad Latif, and Lily James. The film has gotten positive reviews in international media. Bianca Ferrari of bad taste stated, “Take a Richard Curtis romantic comedy, then combine it with My Big Fat Greek Wedding, add some of the Bollywood passion for making multi-genre movies (with drama, comedy, musicals in it) and you get What’s Love Got To Do With It? by Shekhar Kapur. A film that is not only hilarious but also exciting, intelligent, acute, with a lightness and simplicity of vision that only the greatest comedies can achieve.”
Elisa Torsiello of cinefilos stated that “Kapur's comedy is an essay on contemporary love, on the difficulties of finding one's soul mate, or even just a partner who can compensate for that tearing void that makes space inside us.”
