Masoom the New Generation: Shekhar Kapur Reveals Theme of His Upcoming Film! Here’s What To Expect From the Sequel to 1983 Movie
The 1983 film Masoom followed a man named Devendra Kumar who finds out he has an illegitimate child from his past. His family life is disrupted when he finds out about his child. but brings Rahul home. His wife however refuses to accept Rahul.
Ace filmmaker Shekhar Kapur recently revealed the theme for the sequel to his 1983 directorial debut Masoom. The sequel, titled Masoom... The New Generation, is about the "idea of home," Kapur told Variety, a US-based media outlet. The details of how Masoom... The New Generation connects to the 1983 film remain undisclosed. Kapur revealed that the film will concentrate around an elderly couple living in a crumbling house and involve "generational change." "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?'" Oscars 2023: Shekhar Kapur Reacts to RRR's 'Naatu Naatu' and The Elephant Whisperers' Win at the 95th Academy Awards!
"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," Kapur said, as per Variety. Kapur was in London for the National Film Awards where his film, What's Love Got to Do with It? bagged nine nominations and won four awards including best director, best British film, best screenplay (Jemima Khan) and best-supporting actor (Asim Chaudhry), reported Variety.
Released in the year 1983, the film was written by the legendary writer Gulzar, Masoom was an adaptation of Erich Segal's 1980 novel Man, Woman and Child. It followed a happily married couple and their two daughters whose lives are disrupted by the arrival of a boy who is the man's son from an earlier affair. The cast included Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Jugal Hansraj, Supriya Pathak, Saeed Jaffrey, and Urmila Matondkar. The film received positive responses from the audience. Kapur's last release was the romantic comedy What's Love Got to Do with It?, starring Lily James, Emma Thompson. What’s Love Got To Do With It?: Shekhar Kapur’s Rom-Com Bags UK’s National Film Awards Nominations in Nine Categories.
Shazad Latif, Sajal Aly and Azmi, which debuted at Toronto and opened the Red Sea Film Festival in 2022. It was released theatrically worldwide earlier this year, as per Variety. Kapur is known for his outstanding films like Bandit Queen, a British biographical drama Elizabeth for which he was nominated for best director at the BAFTAs and Golden Globes, and its sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), which won Cate Blanchett her first acting Oscar, reported Variety. Apart from that, he also directed one of Heath Ledger's last films, the 2002 epic The Four Feathers.