Bandit Queen

1994 · Directed by Shekhar Kapur · 116 min · drama film, action film, biographical film

★ 6.6/10 · 65 ratings on TMDB

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.