Fresh
This is an eye-filling and often stirring movie.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Bandit Queen
Revenge was her reply.
1994 · 1h 59m · Not Rated
Action, Crime, Drama, History
Directed by
Shekhar Kapur
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Shekhar Kapur Director
- Seema Biswas as Phoolan Devi
- Nirmal Pandey as Vikram Mallah
- Rajesh Vivek as Mustaquim
- Raghubir Yadav as Madho
- Aditya Srivastava as Puttilal
- Manoj Bajpayee as Man Singh
- Ranjit Chowdhry as Shiv Narain
- Harish Kumar as Tarika
- Govind Namdeo as SriRam
- Hemant Pandey as Ashokchand's Friend
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The numerous, unflinchingly filmed scenes of public and gang rape make this a visceral, if gruelling, experience, especially when juxtaposed with sprawling, beautifully photographed vistas of the Indian deserts and mountain ranges.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Fresh
An astonishing, overpowering piece of rabble-rousing, consciousness-raising, epic-scale filmmaking.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
An exciting movie that brings Devi's story to life with passion but without passing judgment.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh
Seema Biswas is convincing in the role: small, fierce, dark-eyed and indomitable.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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