# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shekhar-kapur
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:10:37.128Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shekhar-kapur"
name: "Shekhar Kapur"
slug: "shekhar-kapur"
description: "Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur is an Indian filmmaker. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award and three Filmfare Awards, in addition to nomination for a Golden Globe Award."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shekhar_kapur_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-12-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.12
  momentum:             1.735556381200074
  historical:           22.57635066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  248
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "shekharkapur"
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    handle:    "nm0001408"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://shekharkapur.com/"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shekhar Kapur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shekhar Kapur"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Капур, Шекхар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Shekhar Kapur"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump