Bandit Queen (1995) [NR]

Release Date:
February 17, 1995

Original Title:
बैंडिट क्वीन

Alternate Titles:
Bandit Queen
La reina de los bandidos
Phoolan Devi
强盗皇后

Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | History | Western

Production Companies:
Film4 Productions
Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Kaleidoscope Productions

Production Countries:
India | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
ES: 18  GB: 18  US: NR 

Runtime: 119

Revenge was her reply.

Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phooland 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.

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Additional Photography:
Giles Nuttgens

Art Direction:
Ashok Bhagat

Assistant Camera:
Aseem Bajaj

Assistant Director:
Sanjay Khanna
Mike Higgins
Kannan Iyer

Associate Producer:
Varsha Bedi

Book:
Mala Sen

Boom Operator:
Dileep Subramaniam

Casting:
Tigmanshu Dhulia

Costume Design:
Dolly Ahluwalia

Dialogue:
Ranjit Kapoor

Director:
Shekhar Kapur

Director of Photography:
Ashok Mehta

Editor:
Renu Saluja

First Assistant Director:
Mike Higgins

Focus Puller:
Vinod Narayanan

Gaffer:
Mulchand Dedhia

Makeup Artist:
Edwin Williams

Music:
Roger White

Music Director:
M. Arshad

Original Music Composer:
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Playback Singer:
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Post-Production Manager:
Stephen Barker

Producer:
Bobby Bedi

Production Design:
Eve Mavrakis

Screenplay:
Mala Sen

Second Assistant Director:
Rajiv Maikhuri

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Richard King

Sound Recordist:
Robert Taylor

Third Assistant Director:
Alok Kapur

Title Designer:
Pauline Hume

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