Yes Madam, Sir

"Megan Doneman’s YES MADAM, SIR was voted the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Adelaide Int’l
Film Festival, 2009.”

THE AUSTRALIAN, Michael Bodey

 

“Best Documentary Film Award – YES MADAM, SIR received accolades for its insight into Kiran Bedi, an Indian social activist who became the first woman to join the Indian Police Service. She ultimately retired in 2007 as the highest-ranking
woman in the force.”

DAILY SOUND, Eric Lindberg

 

“Equally excited, filmmaker Megan Doneman returned to the podium twice to accept two awards for her documentary on India’s first female police officer, Kiran Bedi, YES MADAM, SIR...The film took home the Best Documentary Film Award (including a $100,000 post-production prize from Tunnel Post Production) and the Fund for Santa Barbara Social Justice Award (an additional $2,500).”

SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS, Ted Mills

 

“A striking cinematic essay… First-time Australian filmmaker Megan Doneman’s Yes Madam, Sir, a documentary about the career of Kiran Bedi, highlights a courageous woman who fought against odds.”

THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS

“With Slumdog Millionaire topping everyone’s must-see lists … it is safe to say that India is quickly becoming a filmmaker’s goldmine. In the documentary YES MADAM,SIR, Australian filmmaker Megan Doneman portrays India from a new perspective. Narrated by Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren… This is a film that really defines the extent of human capabilities, and the determination of the human spirit… Doneman’s documentary is inspiring to say the least.”

THE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT, Chanti Burnette

 

VARIETY REVIEW

“Film fans... should line up to see Megan Doneman's riveting Yes Madam, Sir... chronicling the life and groundbreaking achievements of Kiran Bedi, the first female police officer in India... The result dazzles: a depiction of enviable heroism within a flawed and recognizably human persona”

LA WEEKLY & VILLAGE VOICE, NYC, Ernest Hardy

 

“YES MADAM, SIR is an enthralling chronicle of Kiran Bedi’s brilliant, tempestuous career as India’s first elite policewoman. Granted unrestricted access to Bedi for six years, Aussie doc maker Megan Doneman has created a dynamic and editorially rigorous profile of this adored public figure, whose radical methods and running battle with bureaucracy made headlines from 1972 until her retirement in 2007…debutante Doneman multitasks with distinction…”

VARIETY, Richard Kuipers

 

“Megan Doneman’s YES MADAM, SIR was singled out as best documentary and also picked up the Fund for Santa Barbara Social Justice Award, at the 2009 Santa Barbara Film Festival.”

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, Gregg Kilday

 

“Sure I enjoyed Kate Winslet and Penelope Cruz talking the about their approaches to acting, but nothing had the emotional and inspiring impact of YES MADAM, SIR, a true story in which a woman named Kiran Bedi valiantly fights to reform India’s police service.”

THE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT, Barney Brantingham

 

“The 7th Annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles will pay tribute to Bollywood star Anil Kapoor, now famous in the west for his role in Slumdog Millionaire. The festival will close with Megan Doneman’s documentary YES MADAM, SIR...YES MADAM, SIR profiles Dr Kiran Bedi, the first woman to join the Indian Police Service and a controversial and inspiring figure in India.”

SCREEN DAILY, Jeremy Kay

 

“YES MADAM, SIR is a brilliant documentary made on Kiran Bedi’s life, directed by Australian, Megan Doneman. The film premiered at the Toronto Int’l Film Festival, 2008, where it earned huge popularity.”

INDIANETZONE, Meenakshi Saksena

 

“Australian filmmaker Megan Doneman has produced a gem. It doesn’t hurt that the central character is a charismatic symbol pf almost Joan of Ark proportions. A stirring, inspirational film."

CASA Magazine, Alex Henleloff