Dirty Picture and Jism 2 have certainly ensured that the tabloids are not devoid of any controversy this year. But they are hardly the first movies to create such a controversy! Here is a list of some of Bollywood’s most arresting and controversial movies to date. 1.Fire: Deepa Mehta returned to stun the audience after the success of Water, with Fire. This movie, about two sisters-in-law who turned to each other for comfort, love and sex did not get a high score with the conservative Indian masses, who rejected the open lesbianism in the movie. 2.Bandit Queen: This is a story of Phoolan Devi, based on a book written by Mala Sen. Of cours...
- 8/20/2012
- Bollywoodmantra.com
Activist and author of a book about Phoolan Devi, the Indian bandit turned MP
Mala Sen, who has died of oesophageal cancer aged 63, was best known for her 1991 book India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi, which formed the basis for the critically acclaimed though controversial feature film Bandit Queen (1994), directed by Shekhar Kapur. Behind the personal story of Devi, which took Mala years to coax out of her subject, she explored the wider issue of the victimisation of women, especially in rural India, where they are often conditioned to believe that they are worthless. She continued this theme in a second pathbreaking book, Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death and Female Infanticide in Modern India (2001).
She came to writing through social activism, having taken up numerous causes in London in the 1960s, at a time when women's groups were emerging and there was a combined movement of black activist organisations.
Mala Sen, who has died of oesophageal cancer aged 63, was best known for her 1991 book India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi, which formed the basis for the critically acclaimed though controversial feature film Bandit Queen (1994), directed by Shekhar Kapur. Behind the personal story of Devi, which took Mala years to coax out of her subject, she explored the wider issue of the victimisation of women, especially in rural India, where they are often conditioned to believe that they are worthless. She continued this theme in a second pathbreaking book, Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death and Female Infanticide in Modern India (2001).
She came to writing through social activism, having taken up numerous causes in London in the 1960s, at a time when women's groups were emerging and there was a combined movement of black activist organisations.
- 6/13/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
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