Bandit Queen

Why we remember Bandit Queen now? Mukta wrote it well (too lenghty though :-(.

It`s not meant to be movie.

P.S: The character of Raju Gujjar in the movie looks like the BJP politician Rajnath Singh. Madhu Kishwar reminds me of our Xena.

It`s not a movie but ABCL made it possible 4 us.

What kind of absolutely moronic editor will put up this kind of unadulterated, undiluted, and exhilarating-in-its-own-abundance sheer garbage on the FP?!!

The chowk kind, of course!

Phoolan devi did what she had to. She was a victim of her circumstances - not of her ``choices``! Most people who later voted for her did it out of community-level partiality and no other considerations - a simple fact of life in rural India. (And isn`t it a bit LATE to be reviewing a movie made nearly a generation ago?)

The movie rocked because it was interesting and viewers felt they were getting their money`s worth.

This shitty write-up sinks like a stone - because it is anything but interesting!

The bandit queen is romantic stuff but as vaneer goes away things look stark
simplified simple revange, sex and power at end it is pathos.
Better inspiration for women may be Indira Gandhi, Soniya gandhi, Mayavati in publc political area who (were) are ruling and trying to deliver.

Phoolan Devi, in fact, exposes the shamelessness of the Indian democracy when we see both Bajpai and Sonia standing hand-clasped before her pier, just to win the votes of the Dalit.

Okay Mukta, I am sorry. I could have conveyed the essence of #3 without making you cry. Sorry again! Don`t hate me forever.

Quite apart from everything else:

1. Does Mukta know what ``flouted`` means when she writes:

Although flouted by feminists and film critics alike ...

This kind of carelessness about language is symptomatic of a sloppy mind.

2. ``The film shook the national conscience.``

Now was Mukta in India when the film was released? How can anyone make such sweeping statements? Perhaps a little genuine research instead of talking about a few film reviews would have been better.

I`m not nitpicking. The point I`d like to make is that when someone says she`s writing a ``paper`` she`s using academic language, and academic language demands not only truthfulness and exactitude of expression but also proper research. This is not to take away from the power of the film. Not that I`d liked it very much - but that`s another matter.

Re: # 4

Right you are dear Madni. Making Phoolan of India and Mukhtaran Mai of Pakistan role models for the women is the most heinous thing done by the feminists. The most atrocious thing a woman can do is to lynch her husband by the help of a paramour as was done by Phoolan. It was perhaps the very shamelessness and low vulgarity of these women which made them the darling of the feminists and the media. Devoid of any moral consciousness the women were driven by lust and revenge which they got encashed enviably with the help of their protagonists and the media which had hardly any humanitarian or moral motives either.