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2026 is ending tonight (May 31) with a grand final match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans. The 19th season of the Indian Premier League has been in the news for several reasons. Rajasthan Royals’ opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi left everyone impressed by his performance in this season. The 15-year-old cricketer has become the highest run-scorer of IPL 2026 by making 776, which includes one century and five half-centuries. He has now become famous everywhere. Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has expressed his desire to cast Vaibhav in Masoom The Next Generation.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi impresses Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kapur is very much impressed by Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s batting in IPL 2026. Although his team RR couldn’t enter the final, Vaibhav managed to become the orange cap holder of this season. In the Qualifier 2 match against GT, Vaibhav scored 97 runs. The
Mr India director is in awe of the rising Indian batter. He recently took to X and penned an appreciation post for Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He shared his picture and wrote, “If sooryavanshi wasn’t such a sensational cricketer.. I could have cast him in Masoom the film z..” (sic)
Shekhar Kapur’s tweet is now going viral on social media and netizens can’t stop reacting to it. Some users didn’t like the director’s approach while others celebrated this moment. It has to be noted that Shekhar Kapur is making a spiritual sequel to his popular film,
Masoom (1983), called
Masoom 2. As per reports, he has roped in Manoj Bajpayee and Nithya Menen for the same. The official confirmation about the same is yet to be made by the makers.
Masoom was a critically acclaimed film in 1983. Naseeruddin Shah won the Best Actor award at the Filmfare Awards 1984. The film’s powerful storyline and music was appreciated by the critics and the masses.
About Shekhar Kapur
Coming back to Shekhar Kapur, the filmmaker is known for making iconic films in Indian cinema. He has so far directed notable movies like
Mr India, Bandit Queen, Elizabeth, The Four Feathers, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and
What’s Love Got to Do with It? The biggest hit of his career was
Mr India, which starred Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, and Amrish Puri in the lead roles. Released in 1987, the Boney Kapoor-produced film was a technologically advanced film of that era. Coming back to
Masoom 2, the film will reportedly have music composed by AR Rahman. Stay tuned for more updates!
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