“I am so middle class”: Although he was a very successful and critically recognized director, Shekhar Kapur, the creator of the bandit Queen and Mr. India, he said that “the burden is still a middle class”.
In a long post Linkedin, Kapura shared a sincere anecdot, which concerned his father about his 1998 film Elizabeth, who was nominated for 8 Oscars. It was his first film in the west.
Kapur said he told his father about Oscar nominations, sharing that Elizabeth was also “chosen as one of the top 5 films in the world (these days, only 5, not 10, were nominated)”.
He shared that although his father was “proud” at him, his main concern remained whether his son would finally be able to get a stable job.
He said his father was “always against him” entering the film business and asked what the Oscar nomination means for his career. “Does that mean you could get another job?” his father asked.
Kapur said, “The values of the middle class that have been drawn on us were once held in very high respect, but have become a burden that you carry in the new world.”
He added that middle -class values, such as it is not in debt, hold a stable job, and building a pension that left the startups “off the window” for him.
Shekhar Kapur emphasized his “struggle” against an unhappy burden of belonging to the middle class and said that his rebellion helped him develop his creativity.
“But then the middle class really helped.
But he said he would never forget one thing his father said, “Son, it is easy to earn money, very difficult to get respect.”
Kapur also said that he retains his other values of the middle class “feeling of family duty”.
Check out his viral post on LinkedIn here: Shekhar Kapur’s LinkedIn Post
His latest directorial enterprise was 2022 British romantic comedy film entitled What is love with that?
(Tagstotranslate) Shekhar Kapur
