Shekhar Kapur lately known as out an OTT platform for modifying Bandit Queen with out his approval. Expressing his disappointment, he slammed the disregard for a filmmaker’s artistic imaginative and prescient and questioned whether or not a Christopher Nolan movie would ever face such unauthorized alterations.
Shekhar Kapur lately took to X (previously Twitter) to specific his frustration over Bandit Queen being altered on an OTT platform with out his consent. He wrote, “I’m wondering @IAmSudhirMishra if OTT platforms would let me make #BanditQueen the best way I made it years in the past. The Bandit Queen on #AmazonPrime is unrecognisable from my movie.”
He added, “Somebody has lower it past recognition. And but it carries my identify as Director. And nobody requested me! Are we lesser beings than Western Administrators? Would they’ve the heart to chop a Chris Nolan movie with out his permission?”
The dialogue began when Shekhar praised the Netflix miniseries Adolescence on X. In response, filmmaker Sudhir Mishra commented that creating such initiatives independently is perhaps the one means ahead, emphasizing the liberty to discover narratives with out restrictions.
Filmmaker Kunal Kohli additionally weighed in on the controversy, expressing his shock over the OTT platform altering Bandit Queen. Responding to his submit, he remarked that whereas Shekhar’s Hollywood successes may grant him artistic freedom at this time, the Kapur earlier than Bandit Queen wouldn’t have been allowed to make the movie on his personal phrases. He known as the unauthorized modifying of the movie ‘stunning, to say the least’.
Hansal Mehta additionally voiced his frustration, agreeing with Shekhar Kapur’s issues. He questioned whether or not the business goals to nurture distinctive storytelling or just churn out generic content material. Taking a pointy dig, he criticized the bias towards Western filmmakers.
For these unaware, Bandit Queen is a biographical drama based mostly on the lifetime of Phoolan Devi with Seema Biswas delivering a strong efficiency within the lead position. The movie received the Nationwide Movie Award for Finest Characteristic Movie in Hindi in 1995 and was India’s official entry for Finest International Language Movie on the 67th Academy Awards, although it didn’t obtain a nomination.
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