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With his outstanding films Masoom, Mr. India, Bandit Queen, Elizabeth, and its sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age, acclaimed director Shekhar Kapur solidified his reputation in the history of world cinema. With his most recent success, What’s Love Got to Do with It, he expanded his already impressive record yet again. Kapur recently discussed his opinions on Hollywood’s efforts to include people of different ethnicities in a BBC interview. He claims that the motivation behind this push is a feeling of “guilt” due to the large number of performers who are left unemployed.
Shekhar Kapur went into more detail about the subject during the interview and agreed that there are new opportunities created by the casting of ethnic minority actors in well-known shows like Netflix’s Bridgerton. The stories being presented on the big screen, he contends, are still seen through the prism of Hollywood, when instead they ought to be expressed from the perspectives of the various ethnic groups and their cultures. He claims that this is only a symptom of a deeper and more serious issue.
Shekhar Kapur continued, “Hollywood ought to be producing stories about that culture—the cultures of brown people, Black people, African Americans, and Asians. However, they continue to be glued to their perspective since it still dominates the narrative.”
The efforts Hollywood is making to increase the diversity of its casting choices are “guilt-driven”, continued Shekhar Kapur. “It’s Hollywood feeling guilty about all of the actors who aren’t getting any work. And since there has been an abrupt rise in protests.
The most recent film directed by Shekhar Kapur, What’s Love Got to Do with It?, a gripping British romantic comedy, has gained popularity all over the world and even won Best Director at the British National Film prizes, among its four other prizes.
Following the success of the hit movie, the national award-winning director Shekhar Kapur is working on a sequel to his successful directorial debut, Masoom, from 1983.
