Bandit Queen (1994)

Bandit Queen is a 1994 Indian biographical film based on the life of Phoolan Devi as covered in the book India’s Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi by the Indian author Mala Sen. It was directed by Shekhar Kapur and starred Seema Biswas as the title character.

Phoolan Devi, who belongs to a lower caste, faces sexual abuse and discrimination in society. A turn of events leads to her becoming the revered leader of a gang.

Cast

Seema Biswas as Phoolan Devi
Nirmal Pandey as Vikram Mallah
Aditya Srivastava as Puttilal
Ram Charan Nirmalker as Devideen
Savitri Raekwaras Moola
Gajraj Rao as Ashok Chand Thakur (Sarpanch’s Son)
Saurabh Shukla as Kailash
Manoj Bajpayee as Maan Singh
Raghuvir Yadav as Madho
Rajesh Vivek as Baba Mustakim
Anirudh Agarwal as Babu Gujjar
Govind Namdeo as Thakur Shri Ram
Shekhar Kapur as a lorry driver in a cameo role
Anil Sahu as Dhanua Gangster With Vikram Mallaah.