Bandit Queen
Based on the true-life of Phoolan Devi, a lower-class woman who was sold at age 11 by her family as a child bride but later escaped. Challenging her country's rigid caste system forced her to become an outcast and fall in with a gang of outlaws she would soon come to lead, making her a folk hero. Seema Biswas stars.
Year: 1994
Genre: Foreign Language Films, Indian & Tibetan Cinema, True Stories, Biography
Country: UK, India
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Starring: Seema Biswas, Nirmal Pandey, Manoj Bajpai
Duration: 120 Minutes
Rating: R18 - Contains Graphic violence.
7.6/10
Location in store: Foreign (India/Tibet)
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