Bandit Queen | |
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Directed by | Shekhar Kapur |
Written by | Mala Sen |
Based on | India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi by Mala Sen |
Produced by | Bobby Bedi |
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Cinematography | Ashok Mehta |
Edited by | Renu Saluja |
Music by | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
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Distributed by | Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited[1] |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹32.5 million[2] |
Box office | est. ₹221 million (see below) |
Bandit Queen is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language biographical action-adventure film[3] 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.[4] It was directed by Shekhar Kapur and starred Seema Biswas as the title character. The music was composed by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie and Best Direction for that year. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, and was screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival.[5][6] The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[7]
Shekhar Kapur's movie biography, based on Miss Devi's prison diaries, is a rip-roaring action-adventure film that defies credibility despite its truth.