Shekhar Kapur has shared particulars concerning the extremely anticipated sequel to his 1983 movie Masoom. The director had revealed final month that the sequel can be titled Masoom… The New Generation. Plot particulars of the movie have been saved underneath wraps. (Also learn: Shekhar Kapur reveals he’s dyslexic, had consideration deficit dysfunction too: ‘Would have not made any films…’)
About Masoom
Masoom had starred Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi in lead roles, and revolved round a married couple and their two daughters whose lives take a flip with the arrival of a boy who’s the person’s son from an earlier affair. It featured Jugal Hansraj, Aradhana and Urmila Matondkar as youngster actors. Upon launch, the movie obtained essential acclaim and went on to win 5 Filmfare awards.
Masoom sequel theme revealed
Now, as per a report by Variety, Shekhar Kapur has revealed the theme of the sequel and stated that the story will revolve round a pair of their eighties who’re in a crumbling home and can be about “generational change.” He stated, “When you talk to people about home, the first thing they say is that it is property, it is real estate and the second thing they say is ‘What’s it worth?’ The real estate value of your house becomes much more important than what the essential idea for home is. And home is, what is it? It is memories – people growing up, the walls have memories, the sofa where you sit down is a memory. Everything is a memory. So I’m taking that fundamental idea of what is home.”
Shekhar on the idea behind the Masoom sequel
The director also added that he is interested in making a film where he could tell a simple story with complexity. “I used to be seeking to do a movie that I might return to being naive, nearly, as a result of Masoom was from any person who’d by no means made a movie earlier than, didn’t know the right way to make a movie, went in and made a movie, had nothing, no technical competence or expertise or talent to fall again on – so simply fell again on telling an actual human story… Whenever I look again, and even once I take a look at What’s Love Got to Do with It?, I notice what I used to be doing then and I’m doing now’s making all characters very human, as a result of that’s how I see them – very human. So Masoom is the best way of going again to only making the tales of the simplicity of being human and the complexity of being human however staying human and the story being human,” Kapur stated.
Earlier this 12 months in May, Shekhar Kapur had taken to Twitter and talked about his analysis of dyslexia. He additionally talked about that he had consideration deficit dysfunction, ADD, which is widespread in dyslexia. Shekhar’s final directorial outing was What’s Love Got to Do with It? The movie featured Shabana Azmi, Emma Thompson, Lily James, Shazad Latif, Sajal Aly, Oliver Chris, Asim Chaudhry, Jeff Mirza, Alice Orr-Ewing, and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com