Shekhar Kapur Plans To Launch AI-Focused Film School In Mumbai's Dharavi Slum

Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is planning to come up with an AI-focused film school in Mumbai's Dharavi slum district.  As per Variety, initiative builds on Kapur's dece-long experience running Dharavi Project alongside Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, a hip-hop and rap initiative in Dharavi in partnership with Universal Music that has successfully launched several students to national stardom.
 

Speaking about his plans in detail, Shekhar Kapur told portal, "Those kids have become national stars. For years, people have told me, 'Please start a film school.' I'm going to start a film school in Dharavi, and reason is because I think that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a new push in cinema."
Kapur described AI as most "democratic technology."

"AI is most democratic technology [that] has come in, despite what everybody says. Because I know that my future competition is not with biggest directors in world, it is with this 15-year-old girl who lives in a slum in Mumbai who understands prompting and will be able to create one-minute, two-minute, 10-minute films just by sitting at computer ... and will be better than me," he mentioned. 
 

He ded that with access to and an understanding of that technology, someone could become “ greatest filmmaker in world.” exact timeline for school's launch remains unconfirmed. 
 

Meanwhile, Shekhar Kapur is busy working on sequel to his hit film 'Masoom' (1983).  " script is rey, and I will start shooting in February or March. I was travelling from Dubai to Delhi, and I realized I h left 'Masoom 2' script on plane seat," Kapur recalled during a conversation with ANI. "But I got it back, and a flight attendant wrote me a note saying that Masoom was a very good film, and this one will be just as good. So, see, it came back even after being left behind--re must be something to it. It's destiny," filmmaker said.
 

sequel promises a fresh storyline while retaining core values that me original 'Masoom' so beloved. Kapur confirmed that star-studded cast will include Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Manoj Bajpayee, and his daughter Kaveri, among ors. 

--ANI--