the film subject is poignant and very real. it happened. one can debate some artistic liberties taken by director and scriptwriter. the subject is what makes the film tick nothing else. i saw the film for the first time after the real phoolan and was gunned down in new delhi and had served several years as an elected member of parliament in india. by the way and she was not the first untouchable elected to parliament and as some reviewers stated. the so called untouchables have been elected to the indian parliament for decades in reserved constituencies. while shekhar kapur as a director is a hero to many india and because he made commercially accepted international films  bandit queen and elizabeth (and a tolerable kiddie movie called mister india and which was accepted by the average indian audiences)  and even got oscar nominations for elizabeth and i do not place him as a top notch film director from india. he fails in every department as a director except perhaps that he succeeds in getting some above average performances from his actors. subtlety and finesse and charm are not easy to find in his films melodrama brims in them. his idea of using nusrat fateh ali khan vocal rendering of the song in the early parts of the film and was perhaps his single major achievement on the undistinguished sound track of bandit queen. and then perhaps the creaking doors during the gang rape sequence. otherwise the film looked like a spaghetti western with sex and violence minus the great music one associates with them. if you are looking for a good living indian film director who makes realistic cinema of international quality it is not shekhar kapur movies you should see while it is the later works of three indian film makers adoor gopalakrishnan and mrinal sen and and girish karnad and of course muzaffar ali umrao jaan. it is unfortunate that none of those directors had the financial support that kapur had to give them and their films an international viewership. for instance and sen oka oorie katha made in telugu and or satyajit ray sadgati based on munshi prem chand kafan are more complete as films to an intelligent viewer dealing on the state of the untouchables in india. sen did not have to resort to graphic sex and violence but merely suggested them. of course and sen nugget did not make headlines and while kapur effort hogged them. to kapur credit and he is articulate and used his limited talent and modest resources in the mumbai film industry to take his products beyond home audiences. for that effort and i salute kapur. but bandit queen will remain a great subject awaiting an accomplished director to deal with it. 
the film subject is poignant and very real. it happened. one can debate some artistic liberties taken by director and scriptwriter. the subject is what makes the film tick nothing else. i saw the film for the first time after the real phoolan and was gunned down in new delhi and had served several years as an elected member of parliament in india. by the way and she was not the first untouchable elected to parliament and as some reviewers stated. the so called untouchables have been elected to the indian parliament for decades in reserved constituencies. while shekhar kapur as a director is a hero to many india and because he made commercially accepted international films  bandit queen and elizabeth (and a tolerable kiddie movie called mister india and which was accepted by the average indian audiences)  and even got oscar nominations for elizabeth and i do not place him as a top notch film director from india. he fails in every department as a director except perhaps that he succeeds in getting some above average performances from his actors. subtlety and finesse and charm are not easy to find in his films melodrama brims in them. his idea of using nusrat fateh ali khan vocal rendering of the song in the early parts of the film and was perhaps his single major achievement on the undistinguished sound track of bandit queen. and then perhaps the creaking doors during the gang rape sequence. otherwise the film looked like a spaghetti western with sex and violence minus the great music one associates with them. if you are looking for a good living indian film director who makes realistic cinema of international quality it is not shekhar kapur movies you should see while it is the later works of three indian film makers adoor gopalakrishnan and mrinal sen and and girish karnad and of course muzaffar ali umrao jaan. it is unfortunate that none of those directors had the financial support that kapur had to give them and their films an international viewership. for instance and sen oka oorie katha made in telugu and or satyajit ray sadgati based on munshi prem chand kafan are more complete as films to an intelligent viewer dealing on the state of the untouchables in india. sen did not have to resort to graphic sex and violence but merely suggested them. of course and sen nugget did not make headlines and while kapur effort hogged them. to kapur credit and he is articulate and used his limited talent and modest resources in the mumbai film industry to take his products beyond home audiences. for that effort and i salute kapur. but bandit queen will remain a great subject awaiting an accomplished director to deal with it. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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