Bandit Queen

This article is about the 1994 film. For the British indie rock band, see Bandit Queen (band). For other uses, see The Bandit Queen (disambiguation).

Bandit Queen
Film poster
Directed byShekhar Kapur
Written byMala Sen
Based onIndia's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi
by Mala Sen
Produced byBobby Bedi
Starring
CinematographyAshok Mehta
Edited byRenu Saluja
Music byNusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Production
companies
Distributed byAmitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited[1]
Release date
  • 26 January 1994 (1994-01-26)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹32.5 million[2]
Box officeest. ₹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]

  1. ^ "On With The Offbeat". Outlook. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Bandit Queen - Movie". Box Office India. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ "FILM REVIEW; True Story Of Modern Legend". The New York Times. 30 June 1995. 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.
  4. ^ Kotak, Ash (13 June 2011). "Mala Sen obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Anurag Kashyap: 'The perception of India cinema is changing'". Digital Spy. 28 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Shekhar Kapur, exclusive interview". Festival de Cannes. 18 May 2010.
  7. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences