Shekhar Kapoor has done Indian Film Industry proud with
‘Bandit Queen’ and ‘Elizabeth’. But his idleness since then
and in spite of making several announcements, getting no
work done hasn’t earned him too many admirers. Now, he has
resorted to bickering on non-issues.
A prime example to this effect is his alleged spat with
Aditya Chopra over the title of Yash Raj Banners’ next
venture ‘Tara Rum Pum Pum’ being directed by ‘Salaam
Namaste’ director Sidharth Anand. Kapoor had planned to
launch Preity Zinta with a musical by the same title with
music by A R Rahman. But like many of his other films (That
never got made), this one was shelved too. Apparently he
even had a meeting with Yash and Aditya Chopra urging them
not to use his title. Well, the smart alec producer Aditya
Chopra went a step further and deleted a ‘Pum’ from the
title. Now, the title stands ‘Tara Rum Pum’. No one can have
issues on that one.
It’s time Shekhar Kapoor
actually gave a solid proof of his genius yet again. Mere
talking or shadow hunting won’t do his admirers much good.
