Comments on: Bandit Queen – director’s commentary

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By: Janhavi

Janhavi — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:36:14 +0000

Hi!
I have been hunting high and low for Bandit Queen’s soundtrack.. Wore out a bunch of cassettes, and people have actually pinched two of my CDs in the days prior to music storage on computers.
Could you please give me a lead as to where I can find this music? Will pay CD price if a copy can be made available.
Thanks!
Janhavi

By: manish

manish — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:38:26 +0000

Shekharji,
You said while making Bandit queen you have nothing to prove anything to anybody. you made it whith all of your heart and humanistic aproch.
I am sure that you have the capacity to make Paani without compairing your efforts in Bandit queen. Your should made it in new and origininal way with the same passion and enthusiasm.

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By: Neeta

Neeta — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:46:18 +0000

I finally watched this movie. The dvd I rented did not have the directors commentary nor any songs in the 119 mins. But I’m glad I watched it or I would have missed a great movie. The movie is actually kind of scary and the first thing I felt was I’m lucky to be born in a family that gave me all the opportunities any child could have. The casteism and violence depicted is such a far cry from the surroundings in which I was raised that it is hard to believe such things exist in India. When and how will we get rid of such a abhorable social structure? Inequality begins in a home when parents don’t nuture children with equal love and opportunity. And how can parents shrug off this burden of being low caste or high caste? when there are the few with power who hope to hang on to it by subjugating those who are trapped or submit to such mindless existence.
I truly believe education and information is the key to self-empowerment, even in the absence of justice and equality. This takes a concerted community effort, however small, without which people continue to live in their own comfort of ignorance until the storm outside topples their boat. For this we need inspiring leaders or entrepreneurs who can bring about a change in these deep-seated and unjust social beliefs.
The movie itself is a piece of art! and I cannot comment on any aspect of that. Just as saying ‘the flower is beautiful’ comes nowhere near describing it’s beauty.
But I was curious about the controversy surrounding it and came across this article,
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/199611/bandit-queen, that gives some idea of why Phoolan Devi was opposed to the movie but I found her comments somewhat self-contradictory. I think the movie did more justice to her story than she realises.
I wonder what kind of conversations you both must have had. And how could you have befriended a foul-mouthed bandit!?
I could not believe a bandit in the interview proudly claiming to have killed more than 400 innocents and is standing for state elections in which he’s assured a win!! It pales the 22 Behmai killings in comparison. I’ve no idea where our country is headed.
My reactions to this movie is far removed from the one we had as children. We kids would be quite hilarious wearing our dads belt and a head band and pretending to be Phoolan Devi. Good old days.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:30:51 +0000

I asked the distributor friend but had no idea about it. When is it going to be released in USA ?

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By: Sarang Nafdey

Sarang Nafdey — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:44:01 +0000

hmmmm…I remember days of BQ, we sneaked to watch it to a cinema hall and came back homes after looking the board “For mature audience only”. Perhaps, that wasn’t the time India was mature enough for a great flick like that
IMO Thing like BQ happens just once for a Filmaker in his life. It’s like Goodfellas for Scorsese, SPR for Spielberg and Forrest Gump for Zemeckis.