Shekhar Kapur recalls the joy of making ‘Masoom’, announces ‘Masoom: The Next Generation’

Shekhar Kapur announces Masoom sequel

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur kicked off his career with the 1983 film Masoom, starring Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah. The film had a slow start, but later became a classic.

The filmmaker walked down memory lane, recalling the time when he was making the film and the emotion behind it. Additionally, Shekhar Kapur has also expressed his desire as well as making another film like Masoom, while announcing Masoom-the next generation.

Shekhar Kapur took to his Instagram and shared a throwback picture of himself lying on the floor. Alongside the picture, he penned a lengthy announcement.

He recalled, “Those beautiful happy days when I was directing Masoom. Making that film was such a joy. For everyone. And that joy can still  be seen in the film, even though it’s so long ago.”

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He added, “Thats why today, all these years later,  I cannot go anywhere without people coming to me and talking to me about Masoom. Most of them so young that they were not even born when the film released. They’ve seen it on TV / YouTube/ etc .. “

The filmmaker then announced the film while expressing his concern.

Shekhar Kapur shared, “Now as I am heading to make Masoom-the next generation, I really want to recapture that sense of joy of film making .. but I worry .. I’ve just come back from an extensive trip in Mumbai and all my film maker friends speak of film making as a ‘task’ .. not as something joyful. Most talk about ‘interference’ from funding  sources. I find that really surprising.”

HHe continued, “Masoom was my first film. I had not assisted anyone, nor even read a book on film making .. I just wanted to tell a story, and told it as best as I could .. and as simply as I could .. And as honestly as I could ..”

“Is it true that words like simplicity, joy, honesty , story telling has gone out of films in Mumbai ? Have the new systems of funding created a system that is anti-creative .. a system of interference by those that have come from (for example) MBA and management backgrounds .. ? .. by those that forget that true  creativity comes from intuition. From Instinct. From a sense of individuality.. with large dollops of humility ..” he questioned.

He concluded his post by writing, “Well.. I am about to find out , aren’t I ? Hopefully Masoom-the next generation, will be made with the same sense of joy you see in the picture above ..”

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About Masoom

Besides Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah, Masoom also stars Urmila Matondkar and Jugal Hansraj as child actors. The film revolves around Devendra Kumar's family life, which gets disrupted when he discovers he has an illegitimate child from a past affair. He brings the young boy, Rahul, home, but his wife, Indu, fails to accept the child.

Masoom is currently available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.