Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, known for films such as Mr India, Bandit Queen and Elizabeth", has been appointed festival director for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

• Kapur will head the festival, held annually in Goa, for the 55th and 56th editions, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry said in a notification.
• Kapur, 78, is an influential name in Indian cinema and one of the earliest directors to establish a name for himself in Hollywood with his film Elizabeth and its sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
• Kapur served as the head of the chairperson of the international competition Jury at the 54th IFFI. He also served as chairperson of the Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India from 2020-2023.