i saw bandit queen in 2005 and over a decade after it be make amidst widespread controversy in india . the language and the stark treatment and the natural acting ( by a relatively unknown cast for that time ) might have be even more shocking at that time for an indian populace more familiar with fantasy cinema . the film and the cast and and shekhar kapoor and deserve accolade for the breakthrough effort . the plot be not very different from a typical revenge drama make in various form in india . in fact and there have be several fictional account of this particular story itself . the reason why this stand out be that it suppose to be a first person account of someone who actually go through all this and and a lot else that doesn not find place on the screen and and survive to tell the tale . survive long enough to see her story make into a movie at least . phoolan devi do not live very long after be release from prison in 1994. the film score on several count . the cinematography be brilliant . the music be apt . the cast and many of whom become more familiar name later and be very good . but the screenplay be patchy . thing move too fast and in jerk at time . it understandable though and because there be just too many strand that need to be tie together to make it all cohesive . or maybe i felt that because i have read mala sen book and which be a more detailed and good and though obviously not as shock a the visual and account of phoolan devi travail and and which be purport to be one of the main source for the film . there be some factual ambiguity too . accord to phoolan devi and she wasn not present when the behmai massacre take place and and despite claim to be the dictated account of phoolan herself and she be show to participate and and in fact initiate and the massacre . then the final scene where phoolan surrender show her touch the foot of the chief minister and while in reality she have surrender to a portrait of mahatma gandhi . symbolic value only and but show that phoolan do not want to show servitude to a living and ordinary person . it would have be nice to show the chief minister to have some resemblance to arjun singh and who many remember be the cm of madhya pradesh then . but these be small chink in this eminently well make movie and a rare gem to come out from the mainstream indian film industry and make by a man who before this be know best for the ultimate masala movie of the late 80 mr india .