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Shekhar Kapur dreams of casting Vaibhav Suryavanshi

By Rambabu Updated at: 2026-06-01 21:26:06

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is creating a sensation with is breathtaking exploits on the cricketing arena.

In the meantime, star director Shekhar Kapur, speaking about Vaibhav Sooryavanshi said "If Sooryavanshi wasn't such a sensational cricketer.. I could have cast him in Masoom the film (sic)."

Masoom: The New Generation remains in pre-production. Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Manoj Bajpayee, Nithya Menen and Kaveri Kapur stars in this film which is set to explore ideas of identity, family, love and migration through a modern lens while retaining the emotional core of the original.

Kapur, who is active on social media, had earlier directed Masoom (1983), featuring Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Saeeed Jaffrey, Supriya Pathak, Jugal Hansraj and Urmila Matondkar.

The director is also known for helming the National Film Award-winning Bandit Queen (1994). Seema Biswas, Nirmal Pandey, Aditya Srivastava, Gajraj Rao, Saurabh Shukla, Manoj Bajpayee, Raguvir Yadav and Govind Namdev starred in the film.

Shekhar Kapur