Shekhar Kapur recently took to Instagram and made a big confession his 1983 directorial debut film ‘Masoom’

He posted a throwback picture of wherein Kapur is seen with the film’s lead pair of Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi, and child actors Jugal Hansraj and Urmila and revealed how he discovered the technique of film making as he shot the film. He shared a long post along with the picture.

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The ‘Masoom Family’. I have a confession to make. I was catching a train the next day to start filming. The night before my friends Aruna and Vikas Desai were explaining the fundamentals of film making. Simplistic stuff like not ‘crossing the line’ when shooting close ups! I knew absolutely nothing about film making before I embarked on the shooting of the film. I had never assisted anyone. I had not studied film making. Nothing. I had my two friends , Aruna and Vikas, my editors, who had suffered years of me telling them stories. I couldn’t stop telling stories. ‘ if you can tell a story like you do, you can make a film’ they would say. I discovered the technique of film making as I shot the film. Like being thrown into the deep end of a pool, without knowing how to swim. That’s why i think Masoom survives till today. I just concentrated on what i knew. Emotions, characters and Story. Not technique .. I was naive to think i could make a film. I was the real ‘masoom’. Supported by a great cast and technicians of course. Yet people say ‘Masoom’ is my best film? How do I become naive again? How do I become ‘Masoom’ again? #masoom #naive #film #director #filmmaking #directing #actors #editors #kids #innocent @kaverikapur @maalfunktion_08 @mihirkalpana

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The 1983 film Masoom starred Naseeruddin, Shabana, Tanuja, Supriya Pathak and Saeed Jaffrey. It was an adaptation of 1980 novel Man, Woman and Child by Erich Segal.