Movie
Bandit Queen
Revenge was her reply.
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan 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 the society that made her.
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Bandit Queen opened in theaters June 30, 1995. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan 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 the society that made her.
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Cast
Seema BiswasPhoolan Devi
Nirmal PandeyVikram Mallah
Rajesh VivekMustaquim
Raghubir YadavMadho
Aditya SrivastavaPuttilal
Manoj BajpayeeMan Singh
Ranjit ChowdhryShiv Narain
Harish KumarTarikaCredits
- Directed by
- Shekhar Kapur
- Written by
- Mala Sen
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Hindi
- Original title
- बैंडिट क्वीन
- Box office
- $399
Production
- Kaleidoscope Productions
Kaleidoscope EntertainmentIndia
Film4 ProductionsUnited Kingdom