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Film / 1994
Bandit Queen
Directed by
Shekhar Kapur
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Seema BiswasPhoolan Devi
Nirmal PandeyVikram Mallah
Rajesh VivekMustaquim
Raghubir YadavMadho
Aditya SrivastavaPuttilal
Manoj BajpayeeMan Singh
Ranjit ChowdhryShiv Narain
Harish KumarTarika
Govind NamdeoSriRam
Hemant PandeyAshokchand's Friend
Sitaram PanchalLalaram
LakshmiPoolan / Man Singh Gang
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Gajraj RaoAshokchand
Saurabh ShuklaKailash
Anupam ShyamGanshyam
Anirudh AgarwalBabu Gujjar
Aseem BajajPoolan / Man Singh Gang
Pallavi BhartiLittle Girl
Kamia BhattRukhmani, Age 11
Puran BhattPoolan / Man Singh Gang
Sunita BhattLittle Phoolan
Ashok BulaniD.S.P
Mahesh ChandraChief Minister
Deepak ChibberS.P. Bhind
G.B. DixitAla Singer
Sunil GaekwadRattan Chand
Mandakini GoswamiKailash's Wife
GuddiMunni
Pawan GuptaVikram Gang Member
Pradeep GuptaVikram Gang Member
Yogesh GuptaPoolan / Man Singh Gang
Dhawal GwalioriPoolan / Man Singh Gang
Nazim HussainVikram Gang Member
Raj Kumar KamieThakur Gang
Surendra KoraBehmai Man
Sanjeev KumarPoolan / Man Singh Gang
Khunni Lal MainaPundit
Agesh MarkamMad Woman
Hemant MishraPoliceman
Avinash NemadeDoctor
Ram Charan NirmalkerDevideen
Nazim PatelVikram Gang Member
Rakesh RaekwarPoolan / Man Singh Gang
Savitri RaekwarMoola
Dilip RaghuvanshiCommander Yadav
Basant RawatPoolan / Man Singh Gang
Ajai RohillaBehmai Man
Anil Kumar SahuVikram Gang Member
Paritosh SandDevendra Singh
Ravi SangdeMessenger
K.D. SeganA.D.C
Jeetendra ShastriBharat
Gyan ShivpuriPhool Singh
Vijay ShuklaAshokchand's Friend
Chotelal SiraswalVikram Gang Member
Girish SolankiTarika's Partner
Deepak SoniMiandad
Malabai SonwaniMother-in-law
Vinod TiwariVikram Gang Member
Vibanshu VaibhavVikram Gang Member
Uma YaishRukhmani
Shekhar KapurTruck Driver
Ashok SharmaAshokchand Servant
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