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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Seema Biswas
Phoolan Devi
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Nirmal Pandey
Vikram Mallah
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Rajesh Vivek
Mustaquim
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Raghubir Yadav
Madho
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Aditya Srivastava
Puttilal
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Haseen Dillruba
Manoj Bajpayee
Man Singh
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Ranjit Chowdhry
Shiv Narain
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Harish Kumar
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Govind Namdeo
SriRam
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Hemant Pandey
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Sitaram Panchal
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Shekhar Kapur Director · Mala Sen Screenplay Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Composer
United States release June 30, 1995 · Produced in India, United Kingdom · Production Kaleidoscope Entertainment, Film4 Productions
Production
Kaleidoscope Productions
Production
Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Production
Film4 Productions
Production
Channel Four Films
Production
India · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original title
बैंडिट क्वीन
Original language
Hindi
Spoken on screen
Hindi
Release dates
India · January 26, 1994
Theatrical
United States · June 30, 1995
Theatrical
Canada
September 9, 1994 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
December 26, 1995 · Theatrical
Spain
August 31, 1995 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 17, 1995 · Theatrical
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