Shekhar Kapur is an acclaimed filmmaker has directed iconic films like ‘Masoom’, ‘Mr. India’ in Bollywood while he has directed films like ‘Elizabeth’ and ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age in Hollywood’. Shekhar Kapur started his career as an actor in the movie ‘Jaan Hazir Hai’ and later in ‘Toote Khilone’, in Bollywood. He appeared in several Hindi television dramas, such as ‘Udaan’, opposite Kavita Chaudhary, ‘Upanyaas’ opposite Nisha Singh, and ‘Masoom’ opposite Neena Gupta. In 1998, he received international recognition for the second time after ‘Bandit Queen’, when he directed the Academy Award-winning period film ‘Elizabeth’, a fictional account of the reign of British Queen ‘Elizabeth I’ nominated for seven Oscars. Shekar Kapur was the executive producer of the film ‘The Guru’. He established an Indian film company with Ram Gopal Verma and Mani Ratnam, though the group has thus far produced only one film, ‘Dil Se..’, starring Shahrukh Khan and Manisha Koirala. Shekar Kapur executive-produced the Bollywood-themed musical ‘Bombay Dreams’ by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which has been running in London's the West End since 2002 and on Broadway in New York City since 2004. He has announced that he will direct Little Dragon, an authorized biopic of martial arts legend Bruce Lee. by Snehha Suresh