Bandit Queen
1994 · directed by Shekhar Kapur
- Rating
- 81/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Bandit Queen (1994), directed by Shekhar Kapur, rates 81/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Seema Biswas
- Nirmal Pandey
- Rajesh Vivek
- Raghubir Yadav
- Aditya Srivastava
- Manoj Bajpayee
- Ranjit Chowdhry
- Harish Kumar
- Govind Namdeo
- Hemant Pandey
Crew
- Ashok Mehta — Director of Photography
- Renu Saluja — Editor
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan — Original Music Composer
- Mala Sen — Screenplay
More from Shekhar Kapur
- Elizabeth (1998) — 75/100
- Mr. India (1987) — 73/100
- What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023) — 63/100
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) — 57/100
- The Four Feathers (2002) — 57/100
- New York, I Love You (2008) — 54/100
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