Masoom Sequel Sets 2025 Production Date, Shekhar Kapur Reveals Main Cast

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur on Monday said he will start shooting for follow-up to his 1983 film "Masoom" early next year, with original stars Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah set to return.

two actors will be joined by Maj Bajpayee, who worked with Kapur in "Bandit Queen" (1994), and director's daughter Kaveri.

Kapur shared film update on sidelines of curtain raiser press conference of 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in New Delhi.

"I will start shooting for 'Masoom 2' in February-March 2025. script is rey. In fact, I was flying in from Dubai yesterday and I left script ('Masoom 2') behind on my seat.

"I was very scared but it came back to me. flight attendant wrote a te saying ''Masoom' was such a nice film, this one too would be as nice''. A script that was lost comes back, it's something predestined. It will be a different storyline but will have same values," he told reporters.

At press conference, Kapur also expressed interest in re-releasing "Masoom" in atres. Also starring Tanuja, Supriya Pathak and Saeed Jaffrey, film follows a family which starts to crumble when wife discovers that her husband h an affair and child from that relationship has come looking for his far. It featured Jugal Hansraj, Arhana and Urmila Matondkar as child actors.

filmmaker, who serves as festival director at upcoming IFFI, said he agreed to be part of movie gala in Goa without thinking much.

"I became a part of festival so that we could celebrate Indian cinema and cinemagoers. It's t just a film festival, it's a people's festival. It belongs to creative ecomy of country." Kapur, 78, also dressed constant comparisons of IFFI with Cannes Film Festival, one of most prestigious film galas around world.

"If we regard our films as Indian and listen to what our audiences have to say and t just listen to what filmmakers have to say, n we will become much bigger than Cannes. It's t that difficult to become bigger than Cannes. We must try and one day, we will become bigger than Cannes," he ded.

director, also kwn for sci-fi hit "Mr India" and international period films like "Elizabeth", "Elizabeth: Golden ", urged that streamers be celebrated as a different medium.

"Maj Bajpayee has become an OTT star and has become so influential. OTT is a different medium that's bringing different actors, writers and talent from around world. So, we must celebrate OTT." Asked if he was in favour of censorship on OTT by government, Kapur cited example of Iranian filmmakers battling rules and regulations through creativity.

"Censorship sometimes sharpens skills of a filmmaker... You have to fight for something you believe in," he ded.

filmmaker also reflected on challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI) to cinema.

"If you start depending on it, you'll become lazy. You have to feel emotions to make a great film, AI can't do that. AI provokes you to be better," he said.

IFFI will be held in Goa between vember 20 and vember 28. 

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