New movie about the Life of the Buddha

refractorist

Have you all heard about the new Buddha movie in the works. It seems they are search high and low across the world for someone that matches the descriptions of the Buddha, vague as they may be. Its going to be a Shekhar Kapur film. Though I havent heard of him he sounds swell enough.

Here are some links:

from the BBC

from The Scotsman

some random blog on India

Keith

Nirvana

I looked up Buddha on THE INTERNATIONAL MOVIE DATABASE (IMDB), my Favourite site on the web and found this:

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0439865/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxxPUJ1ZGRoYXxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8aHRtbD0x;fc=3;ft=46;fm=1


Buddha (2006), directed by Shekhar Kapur and co-written by Deepak Chopra!!

Director - filmography for Shekhar Kapur
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

1. Buddha (2006) (announced)
2. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2006) (pre-production)
3. Paani (2006) (pre-production)
   ... aka Water (USA: literal English title)
4. Solace (2006) (pre-production)
5. The Four Feathers (2002)
6. Elizabeth (1998)
   ... aka Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen (closing credits title)
7. Dushmani: A Violent Love Story (1995) (some scenes)
8. Bandit Queen (1994)
   ... aka Phoolan Devi (India: Hindi title)
9. "Tahqiqat" (1994) TV Series
10. Time Machine (1992) (unfinished)
11. Joshilaay (1989) (uncredited) (some scenes)
12. Mr India (1987)
13. Masoom (1983)
    ... aka Innocent

KungaTashi

I've seen some others listed elsewhere on the internet. Has anyone seen any of the other movies and which one's did you like?