Bandit Queen
by Shekhar Kapur
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Actor: Aditya Srivastava, Agesh Markam, Ajai Rohilla, Nirmal Pandey, Seema BiswasDirector: Shekhar Kapur
Cinematographer: Ashok Mehta
Editor: Renu Saluja
Producer: Bobby Bedi
Producer: Varsha Bedi
Writer: Mala Sen
Writer: Ranjit Kapoor
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Subtitled); Hindi (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-01-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Movie Reviews of Bandit Queen
Movie Review: This movie is a lot different than the actual events.
Summary: 5 Stars
Shekhar Kapur is a great director. I am Indian so, I have seen over 75% of the Bollywood movies (biggest film industry in the world). Bandit Queen was very different yet entertaining. It had several sexual scenes and a lot cursing which is not normal for an Indian movie. I would like you to know that you will hear the curse word sisterf***er through out the entire movie. This is a curse word that is often used in India. The scene where Vikram was murdered is one that was different from the actual events. Phoolan wasn't even near the sleeping Vikram when he was shot to death. Phoolan had walked away from him to the river without her gun. We have to realize that she had this rage in her because she wanted to be treated the same as the upper castes. She was married off at the age of 11. Her husband raped her shortly after causing her never to have children. He was the one that kicked her out after humiliating her in front of his entire village and her entire village. She had no place to go. The movie portrayed her leaving him. Read the book by Mala Sen. The book is very detailed and you will see how the movie was altered. Phoolan Devi reported that Kapur did not have her permission to make this movie. She added that the massacre did not happen the way the movie portrayed. She also said that the movie made her out to be a demon rather than the Robin Hood heroin she actually was. She robbed the rich and gave to the poor. She had a heart. She felt this hate for the ones that did her wrong - the heartless upper caste men. Phoolan Devi went through so much in her short life before she was brutally murdered. To me she will live on through the teachings in India, books and movies. She changed the way Indians thought of a woman to be powerless. She not only proved herself - she proved that women too could rebel. That we women also had feelings and strength. After being on the run as a bandit and serving time in jail Phoolan went into politics. She married a wonderful man. They had a great marriage despite the fact that they could not have children. All I have to say after studying her life story is "Hail Phoolan Devi".