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Bandit Queen is a 1994 Indian biographical film based on the life of Phoolan Devi as covered in the book India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi ...
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Biography · The movie tells the story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994. During five years she was prosecuted
The movie tells the story of the bandit queen
Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994. During
five years she was prosecuted by the Indian police and turned into a
...
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Director:
Shekhar KapurStars:
Seema Biswas, Nirmal Pandey, Rajesh Vivek | See full cast & crew »Cast
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Nirmal Pandey | ... |
Vikram Mallah
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Rajesh Vivek | ... |
Mustaquim
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Raghuvir Yadav | ... |
Madho
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Anirudh Agarwal | ... |
Babu Gujjar
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Aseem Bajaj | ... |
Poolan /
Man Singh Gang
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Manoj Bajpayee | ... |
Man Singh
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Pallavi Bharti | ... |
Little Girl
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Kamia Bhatt | ... |
Rukhmani, Age 11
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Puran Bhatt | ... |
Poolan /
Man Singh Gang
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Sunita Bhatt | ... | |
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Ashok Bulani | ... |
D.S.P
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Mahesh Chandra | ... |
Chief Minister
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Deepak Chibber | ... |
S.P. Bhind
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Ranjit Chowdhry | ... |
Shiv Narain
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The movie tells the story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent
to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994. During five years she was
prosecuted by the Indian police and turned into a legend (like a modern
Robin Hood) by the Indian press. Although the press tended to make her
the optimal hero with blue eyes, dark hair, being tall and beautiful she
was in reality an average Indian which makes it hard for the movie to
fulfill the expectations of the audience and tell the truth at the same
time. Later in her life,She entered into the politics and was
assassinated in 2001. Written by
Volker Boehm
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Release Date:
30 June 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Phoolan Devi: Forgive you?
Phoolan Devi: Write this to the police.
Vikram Mallah: What?
Phoolan Devi: Any man that marries a little girl... I'll kill him.
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Shekhar Kapur: truck driver with beard whom Phoolan Devi (Seema Biswas) hits with the gun handle. See more »Quotes
Puttilal: [Tied to a pole and beaten with rifle-butt] Forgive me.Phoolan Devi: Forgive you?
Phoolan Devi: Write this to the police.
Vikram Mallah: What?
Phoolan Devi: Any man that marries a little girl... I'll kill him.
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A shocking story, and more so because it's true
I saw Bandit Queen in
2005, over a decade after it was made amidst widespread controversy in
India. The language, the stark treatment and the natural acting (by a
relatively unknown cast for that time) might have been even more
shocking at that time for an Indian populace more familiar with fantasy
cinema. The film, the cast, and Shekhar Kapoor, deserve accolades for
the breakthrough effort.
The plot is not very different from a typical revenge drama made in various forms in India. In fact, there have been several fictional accounts of this particular story itself. The reason why this stands out is that it's supposed to be a first person account of someone who actually went through all this, and a lot else that doesn't find place on the screen, and survived to tell the tale. Survived long enough to see her story made into a movie at least. Phoolan Devi didn't live very long after being released from prison in 1994.
The film scores on several counts. The cinematography is brilliant. The music is apt. The cast, many of whom became more familiar names later, is very good. But the screenplay is patchy. Things move too fast and in jerks at times. It's understandable though, because there are just too many strands that need to be tied together to make it all cohesive. Or maybe I felt that because I have read Mala Sen's book, which is a more detailed and better, though obviously not as shocking as the visual, account of Phoolan Devi's travails, and which is purported to be one of the main sources for the film.
There are some factual ambiguities too. According to Phoolan Devi, she wasn't present when the Behmai massacre took place, and despite claiming to be the dictated account of Phoolan herself, she is shown to participate, and in fact initiate, the massacre. Then the final scene where Phoolan surrenders shows her touching the feet of the Chief Minister, while in reality she had surrendered to a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Symbolic value only, but shows that Phoolan didn't want to show servitude to a living, ordinary person. It would have been nice to show the Chief Minister to have some resemblance to Arjun Singh, who many remember was the CM of Madhya Pradesh then.
But these are small chinks in this eminently well-made movie, a rare gem to come out from the mainstream Indian film industry, made by a man who before this was known best for the ultimate masala movie of the late 80s - Mr India.
The plot is not very different from a typical revenge drama made in various forms in India. In fact, there have been several fictional accounts of this particular story itself. The reason why this stands out is that it's supposed to be a first person account of someone who actually went through all this, and a lot else that doesn't find place on the screen, and survived to tell the tale. Survived long enough to see her story made into a movie at least. Phoolan Devi didn't live very long after being released from prison in 1994.
The film scores on several counts. The cinematography is brilliant. The music is apt. The cast, many of whom became more familiar names later, is very good. But the screenplay is patchy. Things move too fast and in jerks at times. It's understandable though, because there are just too many strands that need to be tied together to make it all cohesive. Or maybe I felt that because I have read Mala Sen's book, which is a more detailed and better, though obviously not as shocking as the visual, account of Phoolan Devi's travails, and which is purported to be one of the main sources for the film.
There are some factual ambiguities too. According to Phoolan Devi, she wasn't present when the Behmai massacre took place, and despite claiming to be the dictated account of Phoolan herself, she is shown to participate, and in fact initiate, the massacre. Then the final scene where Phoolan surrenders shows her touching the feet of the Chief Minister, while in reality she had surrendered to a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Symbolic value only, but shows that Phoolan didn't want to show servitude to a living, ordinary person. It would have been nice to show the Chief Minister to have some resemblance to Arjun Singh, who many remember was the CM of Madhya Pradesh then.
But these are small chinks in this eminently well-made movie, a rare gem to come out from the mainstream Indian film industry, made by a man who before this was known best for the ultimate masala movie of the late 80s - Mr India.
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Bandit Queen is a 1994 Indian film based upon the life of Phoolan Devi. It was directed by Shekhar Kapur and ...
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Bandit Queen Title Song
A song by the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan from the movie Bandit Queen (1995)
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - The Surrender Of Phoolan Song Lyrics, Music ...
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Track, Song Title, Duration. 1, Welcome Phoolan, 0:49. 2, Opening, 1:57. 3, Out Of Water - Into Marriage, 0:53. 4, Child Bride, 3:08. 5, Child Rape, 3:07.
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - The Surrender Of Phoolan Song Lyrics, Music ...
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Track, Song Title, Duration. 1, Welcome Phoolan, 0:49. 2, Opening, 1:57. 3, Out Of Water - Into Marriage, 0:53. 4, Child Bride, 3:08. 5, Child Rape, 3:07.