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Bandit Queen

Bandit Queen

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 17, 1995

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

Action, Crime, Drama, History

User Score

66%

Original Title

बैंडिट क्वीन

Production Companies

Kaleidoscope Productions, Kaleidoscope Entertainment, Film4 Productions

Director

Shekhar Kapur

Revenue

$399

Description

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 the society that made her.