Bandit Queen
Original title: बैंडिट क्वीन
“Revenge was her reply.”
6.6(65)NR19941h 59mHI
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.
guerrilla warfare1970sbiographypovertybanditmilitantsocial issues1960s
Box office $399.0
