Bandit Queen
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Shekhar Kapur
Seema Biswas
Nirmal Pandey
Manoj Bajpai
Rajesh Vivek
Raghuvir Yadav
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The legendary story of Phoolan Devi, based on her dictated prison diaries. Devi, India's most famous and feared outlaw, was responsible for the massacre of 30 upper-caste Thakur men in Behmai, a village in Uttar Pradesh. The massacre, with its overtones of class warfare, made Devi a national heroine, worshipped as the Goddess of Flowers for the 80% of India's lower-caste Hindus. After evading capture for five years, she surrendered to the police--on her own terms--before a cheering crowd of 10,000 supporters.
Director
Shekhar Kapur
Cast
Seema Biswas
Nirmal Pandey
Manoj Bajpai
Rajesh Vivek
Raghuvir Yadav
Govind Namdeo
Saurabh Shukla
Aditya Srivastava
Agesh Markham
Anirudh Agarwal
Anil Sahu
Chotelal Siraswal
Nazim Patel
Nazim Hussain
Pawan Gupta
Pradeep Gupta
Vibanshu Viabhav
Vinod Tiwari
Anupam Shyam
Ajai Rohilla
Surendra Kora
Aseem Bajaj
Basant Rawat
Dhawal Gwaliori
Lakshmi Narayan
Puran Bhatt
Rakesh Raekwar
Sanjeev Kumar
Yogesh Gupta
Ashok Bulani
Ashok Sharma
Avinash Nemade
Deepak Chibber
Deepak Soni
Dilip Raghuvanshi
Gajraj Rao
Gb Dixit
Girish Solanki
Guddi
Gyan Shivpuri
Harish
Hemnat Mishra
Hemant Pandey
Jeetendra Shastri
Kamla Bhatt
K D Segan
Khunni Lal Maina
Mahesh Chandra
Malabai Sonwani
Mandakini Goswami
Pallavi Bharti
Paritosh Sand
Ram Charan Nirmalker
Ranjit Chaudry
Raj Kumar Kamle
Ravi Sangde
Savitri Raekwar
Sitaram Panchal
Sunil Gaekwad
Sunita Bhatt
Uma Vaish
Vijay Shukla
Manoj Bajpayee
Hemant Mishra
Crew
Dolly Ahluwalia
Allan Amin
M Arshad
Stephen Barker
Sundeep Singh Bedi
Varsha Bedi
Ashok Bhagat
Sunil Chhabra
Lokesh Dhawan
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Mike Higgins
P Kanan
Ranjit Kapoor
Ranjit Kapoor
Alok Kapur
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Richard King
Kumar Ladakhi
Tim Lewiston
Sanjay Malik
Eve Mavrakis
Ashok Mehta
P K Murali
Gilles Nutgens
Deep Pal
Sandeep Prabhakar
Renu Saluja
Amita Sehgal
Mala Sen
Sujata Sharma
Mohd Iqbal Sheikh
Robert Taylor
Roger White
Roger White
Edwin Williams
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 23 - March 3, 1995.)
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 17 - April 2, 1995.)
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 25 - February 5, 1995.)
Released in United States on Video February 13, 1996
Expanded Release in United States July 7, 1995
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States August 1994
Released in United States March 1995
Released in United States May 1994
Released in United States November 1994
Released in United States October 1994
Released in United States on Video February 13, 1996
Released in United States September 1994
Released in United States September 1996
Released in United States Summer June 30, 1995
Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 23 - March 3, 1995.
Shown at Birmingham International Film & Television Festival October 14-22, 1994.
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 12-23, 1994.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 13-28, 1994.
Shown at London Film Festival November 3-20, 1994.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 25 - September 5, 1994.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 17 - April 2, 1995.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 25 - February 5, 1995.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 3-12, 1995.
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 24 - October 2, 1994.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (India Now!) September 8-17, 1994.
In January 1995 the Delhi High Court of Justice issued a mandate requiring producer Sundeep Singh Bedi to withdraw the film as India's official entry for the 1995 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Previously, legal action taken by Phoolan Devi blocked the critically acclaimed film's release in India.
Formerly released in USA on video by Hallmark Home Video.
On Thursday, March 7, 1996, a Delhi high court judge halted the nationwide release of the film, saying it violated censorship guidelines by showing the breasts of the female protagonist and allowing "abusive language." On Friday, March 8, 1996, the Delhi high court refused to life the ban. The film was released in India in January 1996.
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 25 - September 5, 1994.)
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 24 - October 2, 1994.)
Released in United States March 1995 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 3-12, 1995.)
Released in United States May 1994 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 12-23, 1994.)
Released in United States Summer June 30, 1995
Expanded Release in United States July 7, 1995
Released in United States August 1994 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 13-28, 1994.)
Released in United States September 1994 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (India Now!) September 8-17, 1994.)
Released in United States September 1996 (Shown in New York City (Anthology Film Archives) as part of program "Best of the Indies" September 5-15, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1994 (Shown at Birmingham International Film & Television Festival October 14-22, 1994.)
Released in United States November 1994 (Shown at London Film Festival November 3-20, 1994.)
