After getting worldwide acclaim for The Slumdog Millionaire, director Danny Boyle has decided to turn producer for Shekhar Kapur’s ambitious project <em>Paani</em> starring Hrithik Roshan, Though the project was formally announced at the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival in 2010, but Kapur has now confirmed that he will start shooting his ambitious film in April next year (2013). “Right now, I am doing the organisation-related work before I start actual filming in April next year,” said Kapur in confirmation.

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who is making Paani based on water scarcity with Hrithik Roshan in the lead, feels one’s awareness about the issue could be spread through social networking websites. The 66-year-old was speaking at The Water Landscape, a panel discussion with reference to water scarcity, at the ongoing 12th Osian's Cinefan Film Festival yesterday.

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur will head the jury for debut film award `The Lion of the Future` at the 69th Venice International Film Festival (VIFF). The 66-year-old, who is famous for his films like <em>Masoom, Mr India, Bandit Queen and Elizabeth</em>, is the only Indian in the jury. Others in the jury include French-Greek film critic and historian Michel Demopoulos, Italian actress Isabella Ferrari, American film writer and director Matt Reeves and French DJ and record producer Bob Sinclair, said the festival website.

Of late, there has been a spate of Bollywood ‘A’ list actors doing cameos in films. While Kajol has agreed to do a cameo in Karan Johar’s Student of the Year, Abhishek Bachchan will pay a cameo in Rohan Sippy’s next. Arjun Rampal is also also doing a cameo in Vashu Bhagnani's Ajab Gazabb Love that stars Jacky Bhagnani. The latest we have learned is that Shekhar Kapur has agreed to play a cameo in Preity Zinta’s upcoming debut film Ishq In Paris.