Doing Time, Doing Vipassana

1997 · 52 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 256 VOTES

Overview

This is the story of an ancient meditation technique named Vipassana, which shows people how to take control of their lives and channel them toward their own good.It is the story of a strong woman named Kiran Bedi, the former Inspector General of Prisons in New Delhi, who strove to transform the notorious Tihar Prison and turn it into an oasis of peace. But most of all it is the story of prison inmates who underwent profound change, and who realized that incarceration is not the end but possibly a fresh start toward an improved and more positive life.

Dialogue Timeline — 580 lines

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00:01:08 India is a vast land.
00:04:06 to take something that is not his.
00:05:52 It was branded a veritable hell.
00:07:16 Because this is prison, that's a lot of controlling to do
00:09:10 Bedi has always attracted controversy
00:10:46 clothing
00:12:16 So this was all I knew because that was what my mind needs.
00:13:53 I wrote a letter to Mr. Ram Singh saying:
00:15:56 I will teach the hard criminals in the jail, I´ll teach the students
00:19:39 A vipassana course is 10 days long.
00:20:54 is the pay you getting out of the laws of nature.
00:23:40 to feel it coming in and out of the nostrils
00:26:00 then you can take yourself, you can come inside yourself
00:27:34 passion
00:29:17 I said yes! - immediately.
00:32:19 Meanwhile the course continued as prisoners meditated in their barracks.
00:33:48 Therefore, law make its course and you got here today.
00:35:59 Of course when I said that it answers itself
00:37:25 Some of them have done this for a number of times.
00:39:09 You still bathing, boy?
00:40:36 and it just went out like that.
00:43:34 It was a great opportunity for me, being here.
00:46:23 Staff was expecting this.
00:50:21 and It's you who can make it...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed580
Dialogue density11.2 lines / min
First line00:01:08
Final line00:50:21

Production Record

LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes256