Edge of UNREASON

SHEKHAR KAPUR WALKS UP AND DOWN MEMORY'S VALLEYS AND CLIFFS WITH JITESH PILLAAI

- JITESH PILLAAI

He can talk to you about Artificial Intelligence with the insight of a futurist and turn around the very next moment to reflect on spirituality with the heart of a seeker. He's made films on the Invisible Man and the Queen of England. He's explored the fragile emotions between a man, a woman and a child, and dared to ask uncomfortable questions through unforgettable cinema. I have the privilege of being in conversation with one of the most brilliant minds of our time, filmmaker, thinker, dreamer and part of My Wonder Years, the inimitable Shekhar Kapur. Over to the genius, the maverick, as I ask:

What would you tell a younger Shekhar today?

Take more risks than I did. Stay in wonder. Don’t try to figure out tomorrow, just live today. Embrace the adventure of now. Don’t fear it. We’re taught to be afraid, our education and upbringing are rooted in fear. I became a chartered accountant. Why? I’d tell my younger self: don’t even go there. Don’t waste your time.

Why did you find India constricting during your youth?