Image was shared on Twitter. (courtesy: shekharkapur)

Shekhar Kapur’s social media timeline can finest be described as a treasure trove of recollections. The filmmaker usually shares photos and movies of the previous, sharing enjoyable and poignant notes on his skilled life. On Thursday, Shekhar Kapur gave us the proper Throwback Thursday put up by trying again at his Filmfare win in 1995. However, within the picture shared, he’s not seen holding the award as is customary with such photos, as an alternative, Shekhar Kapur is seen elevating his handcuffed palms on stage. Explaining why, Shekhar Kapur wrote, “Was asked by Filmfare not to make any political or controversial statements for my award for Bandit Queen. The ceremony was being televised on national TV. And the film was banned anyway…I kept my promise. Didn’t say a word … but .. that’s how I went on stage handcuffed.”

The movie, based mostly on the lifetime of Phoolan Devi, was banned by Indian authorities citing graphic depictions of violence and rape. However, the Supreme Court later allowed the movie to be re-released theatrically. However, “The CBFC cut out about 2 minutes of profanity and shortened all rape scenes for an ‘A’ (adults) rating in 1995. 17 minutes was cut for a U/A rating for television,” as per IMDb.

Take a have a look at the put up right here:

Was requested by FilmFare to not make any political or controversial statements for my award for Bandit Queen. The ceremony was being televised on National TV. And the movie was banned anyway ..

I saved my promise. Didn’t say a phrase .. however .. that is how I went on stage .. handcuffed pic.twitter.com/8VBy4n23fv

— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) June 28, 2023

A video posted by Filmfare options his profitable speech after receiving the award. When requested if the award had assuaged the grief of Bandit Queen not being nominated for the Oscars the director stated, “Sometimes the Oscars are not enough. Sometimes the Oscars don’t matter. Sometimes a film is far greater than the Oscars, far more important,” with the award in his cuffed palms.

In a separate post on Instagram, Shekhar Kapur offered additional context and stated, “Zoom into my wrists carefull, you’ll see them handcuffed. It was what I called the #BanditQueen effect .. Filmfare decided to give me an award for my film Bandit Queen. But because it was banned and because there was so much controversy around the film, they made me promise I would not make any political or controversial statements…as the awards ceremony was going out live on National TV I kept my promise…and didn’t say a word…I took the award and raised my hands up in the air and the audience saw that I was handcuffed! The audience roared in approval. Actions often speak greater than words.”

In the picture, Shekhar Kapur is seen receiving the Filmfare trophy from director Subhash Ghai.

Earlier this month, Shekhar Kapur shared more details about Bandit Queen, this time centred around Manoj Bajpayee. Sharing a nonetheless of the actor from the movie, he wrote, “Manoj Bajpayee as Maan Singh in Bandit Queen. While we have been filming Bandit Queen within the Dholpur district of Rajasthan, we have been suggested to take particular safety as there have been nonetheless Dacoit gangs and teams energetic within the space Manoj was taking part in Maan Singh, who was nonetheless at giant. Still energetic, and we heard he was working within the space we have been filming in. One night time the true Maan Sing slipped into our units at night time and needed to satisfy the person taking part in him. Apparently, the true Maan Singh and Manoj obtained drunk collectively and what truly handed between them … solely Manoj can let you know … But what an journey, what an expertise for an actor, taking part in an actual reside dacoit being hunted by the police being confronted by the dacoit himself…And by the way in which, Bandit Queen was Manoj Bajpayee’s first movie .. and the way he has change into among the best actors we’ve on display at present.”

Shekhar Kapur’s most up-to-date work was the 2022 movie What’s Love Got to Do with It?