Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur’s latest directorial venture What's Love Got To Do With It has bagged nine nominations for the British National Film Awards, including Best Director.
The romantic comedy is also competing for the top honours in Best Actress (Lily James), Best Supporting Actor (Ashim Chowdhury), Best Supporting Actress (Emma Thompson), Best Screenplay (Jemima Khan), Best Producer (Nicky Kentish Barnes, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner & Jemima Khan), Best British Film, Best Comedy and Best Independent Film categories.
Headlined by Lily James and Shazad Latif, What's Love Got To Do With It released in theatres across the UK on February 24. The movie hit cinemas in India on March 17. The story revolves around Zoe (Lily), an acclaimed documentary filmmaker who is looking for the love of her life but is tired of meeting a string of unsuitable matches selected for her by a dating app. Meanwhile, her childhood friend and neighbour, Kaz (Shazad), decides to follow his parents' footsteps and pursue an arranged marriage with a girl from Pakistan. While documenting Kaz's optimistic quest to wed a stranger, Zoe starts contemplating whether there's valuable wisdom to be gained from embracing a remarkably contrasting approach to discovering true love.
Kapur, a globally renowned director, has made movies like Mr. India (1987) and Bandit Queen (1994) that have achieved cult status among audiences. Elizabeth (1998) and its sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), both helmed by Kapur, went on to win Oscars. There is also news that the veteran filmmaker might be working on a sequel to his 1983 debut film Masoom and it could be titled Masoom... The New Generation.
