Shekhar Kapur Sets Sequel to 1983 Directorial Debut ‘Masoom’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Renowned filmmakerShekhar Kapur(Bandit Queen, Elizabeth)is planning a sequel to his 1983 directorial debut Masoom, Variety can reveal.

The film is titled Masoom The New Generation. Details of the plot, studio and cast are under wraps at the moment.

Written by Gulzar (Oscar winner for Slumdog Millionaire), Masoom was an adaptation of Erich Segals 1980 novel Man, Woman and Child. It followed a happily married couple and their two daughters whose lives are disrupted with the arrival of a boy who is the mans son from an earlier affair. The cast included Naseeruddin Shah (Taj: Divided by Blood), Shabana Azmi (Halo), Jugal Hansraj (NRI Wives), Supriya Pathak (Tabbar), Saeed Jaffrey (The Man Who Would Be King) and Urmila Matondkar (Rangeela).

The film was warmly received upon release in India and won Filmfare awards for best actor for Shah, Gulzars lyrics, Rahul Dev Burmans music, Aarti Mukherjis singing and the critics award for best film.

Kapurs last release was Studiocanal-Working Title romantic comedy Whats Love Got to Do with It?, starring Lily James, Emma Thompson, Shazad Latif, Sajal Aly and Azmi, which debuted at Toronto and opened the Red Sea Film Festival in 2022. It released theatrically worldwide earlier this year. With a box office of $6 million in the U.K., the film is the third-highest grossing British film of the year. It also collected a healthy $2.2 million in Australia.

After Masoom, Kapur went on to direct cult Indian superhero film Mr. India (1987) and the acclaimed Bandit Queen (1994), the biopic of Indian bandit Phoolan Devi. Kapurs credits also include the Oscar-winning Elizabeth (1999), for which he was nominated for a best director BAFTA, and its sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), which won Cate Blanchett her first acting Oscar. The filmmaker also directed one of Heath Ledgers last films, the 2002 epic The Four Feathers.