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Jun 30, 1995 · A 1994 Indian film directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Seema Biswas as Phoolan Devi, a bandit queen who was raped, imprisoned and became a politician. The film was banned in India for its graphic scenes of sex and violence, and received mixed reviews from critics and audiences.
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- Shekhar Kapur
- 1995-06-30
Bandit Queen is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language biographical action-adventure film based on the life of Phoolan Devi as covered in the book India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi by the Indian author Mala Sen.
Phoolan is a documentary film that tells the story of Phoolan Devi, a village girl who became a gang-rape survivor, bandit leader and parliamentarian. Learn more about her extraordinary and controversial life and her fight for justice and dignity.
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phooland Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of ...
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Learn about the true story of Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen of India, who became a social justice warrior and a female Robin Hood. The film is directed by Hossein Fazeli and Jack Silberman, and features the life, struggles and legacy of Phoolan.
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A film based on the prison diaries of Phoolan Devi, India's most famous and feared outlaw, who massacred 30 upper-caste men in Behmai. The film depicts her life as a lower-caste girl, a bandit, a politician and a rape victim.
The film tells the true story of Phoolan Devi, a lower caste woman who became a bandit leader and a politician in India. It depicts her childhood abuse, her abduction by a gang, her revenge against the Thakurs, and her imprisonment and release.