Shekhar Kapur wants a movie to be made entirely in India and thinks Indians will connect with the Harry Potter theme.
With Mr. India, director Shekhar Kapur revolutionised Indian cinema. He is now preparing to delight audiences with another desi hero. Shekhar Kapur, who created Mr. India, gave India its first sci-fi hero, is now working on a film series that will be partially based on J.K. Rowling’s renowned Harry Potter books.
For Harry Potter and his companions Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, the Daniel Radcliffe movie has been a life-changing event for fans everywhere. Shekhar Kapur clarifies that he is neither adapting nor recreating the Harry Potter world, but rather using it as a loose influence for his film series because Indians are fascinated by such things from other worlds.
Shekhar Kapur desires for his Harry Potter adaptation to be an entirely Indian film produced in India. He emphasised the value of an Indian film in an interview with The Times of India. He claimed that The Slumdog Millionaire is never acknowledged as an Indian picture, which is why he wants his Harry Potter adaptation to be made there.
It’s interesting to note that Ali Abbas Zafar had plans to remake Kapur’s Mr. India in a three-part television series, but the project was abandoned because Ali Abbas Zafar failed to obtain the necessary approvals.
However, Shekhar Kapur’s ambitious Paani project, which starred Sushant Singh Rajput and was created by Yash Raj Films, was never given the go-ahead. Shekhar Kapur stated that he is sure in the genre and that Indians adore this genre when discussing his adaptation of Harry Potter.
