the film subject be poignant and very real . it happen . one can debate some artistic liberty take by director and scriptwriter . the subject be what make the film tick nothing else . i saw the film for the first time after the real phoolan and be gun down in new delhi and have serve several year a an elected member of parliament in india . by the way and she be not the first untouchable elect to parliament and a some reviewer state . the so called untouchable have be elect to the indian parliament for decade in reserved constituency . while shekhar kapur a a director be a hero to many india and because he make commercially accepted international film bandit queen and elizabeth ( and a tolerable kiddie movie call mister india and which be accept by the average indian audience ) and even get oscar nomination for elizabeth and i do not place him a a top notch film director from india . he fail in every department a a director except perhaps that he succeed in get some above average performance from his actor . subtlety and finesse and charm be not easy to find in his film melodrama brim in them . his idea of use nusrat fateh ali khan vocal rendering of the song in the early part of the film and be perhaps his single major achievement on the undistinguished sound track of bandit queen . and then perhaps the creaking door during the gang rape sequence . otherwise the film look like a spaghetti western with sex and violence minus the great music one associate with them . if you be look for a good living indian film director who make realistic cinema of international quality it be not shekhar kapur movie you should see while it be the late work of three indian film maker adoor gopalakrishnan and mrinal sen and and girish karnad and of course muzaffar ali umrao jaan . it be unfortunate that none of those director have the financial support that kapur have to give them and their film an international viewership . for instance and sen oka oorie katha make in telugu and or satyajit ray sadgati base on munshi prem chand kafan be more complete a film to an intelligent viewer deal on the state of the untouchable in india . sen do not have to resort to graphic sex and violence but merely suggest them . of course and sen nugget do not make headline and while kapur effort hog them . to kapur credit and he be articulate and use his limited talent and modest resource in the mumbai film industry to take his product beyond home audience . for that effort and i salute kapur . but bandit queen will remain a great subject await an accomplished director to deal with it .