Bandit Queen Movie Review 1994

Phoolan Devi (Biswas) is a female Robin Hood in modern-day India. A lower-caste woman, Devi is sold into marriage at 11, brutalized by her husband (and many others throughout the film), and eventually winds up with an equally brutal group of hill bandits. Only this time around, Devi takes action by aiding the group in robbing, kidnapping (and murdering) the rich and higher castes. Devi surrendered to authorities in 1983 and spent 11 years in jail. Based on screenwriter Sen's biography "India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi" and Devi's diaries. In Hindi with subtitles.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 119 minutes.
Originally from British, Indian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Biopics: Cops & Robbers, Women, India, Adapted from Memoirs or Diaries, Rape

Screenplay

Mala Sen

Cast

Seema Biswas, Nirmal Pandey, Manoj Bajpai, Raghubir Yadav, Rajesh Vivek, Govind Namdeo

Cinematography

Ashok Mehta

Director

Shekhar Kapur

Music

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Roger White

Producer

Sundeep S. Bedi, Film Four International, Kaleidoscope, Arrow Releasing