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Mood:
- CaptivatingBleakDisturbingRoughSincere
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Plot:
- AssassinationPoliticsVengeanceInjusticeRighting the WrongedCrimesDeadlyHeroes more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeign
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Time/Period:
- 80s
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Place:
- India
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Style:
- Strong Female Presence
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Based on:
- BiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Bandit Queen, 1994
Hindi, Assamese
India, UK
Profile of Bandit Queen
The mood of Bandit Queen is captivating, disturbing, and bleak. The plot centers around an assassination, righting wrongs, and injustice. It is a drama and foreign movie. Stylistically, Bandit Queen stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is India. Bandit Queen happens in the 1980s. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Bandit Queen
Directed by Shekhar Kapur (ELIZABETH), this is a controversial movie based on the life of Phoolan Devi, India's notorious woman dacoit (bandit), who channeled her rage at her rape and mistreatment into violent action. Imprisoned in 1983 and freed in 1994, she eventually became a prominent politician and was assassinated by relatives of one of her victims. The controversy surrounding the film stems from the real Devi's fury over the way the formative events of her youth are depicted, and also from Kapur's refusal to meet with his subject, all the while proclaiming the "truth" of his narrative. Subjected to considerable scrutiny and potentially flawed, BANDIT QUEEN is nonetheless an excellent film. Music lovers will be fascinated by the score, composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the renowned singer.
Details
| Language: | Hindi, Assamese |
| Country: | India, UK |
| Release date: | 30 June 1995 |
| Runtime: | 119 min |
Cast and Crew
as Phoolan Devi
as Vikram Mallah
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