The popularity of action flicks begs the question about whether there is a correlation between a society's current psyche and its collective love for violent films

While the cast and crew of Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen (1994) were sitting around in the sun-baked, rugged ravines - location of the astoundingly gory, realistic daku-drama - actor Saurabh Shukla, who played the protagonist Phoolan Singh's cousin in the movie recalls, a few locals came over to check on them.