Her name was Phoolan Devi, the Goddes of Flowers. She was India's most infamous outlaw, kidnapper, murderer and scourge of the upper castes. Shekhar Kapur's film tells the true story of the Bandit-Queen. Sold into marriage aged 11 she is flailed, beaten, humiliated and repeatedly raped. Phoolan rejects her expected role as doormat to both husband and upper caste, and instead wreacks bloody revenge against those responsible for the brutality of her past. Her five-year year run as gang leader in the spectacular scenery of Uttar Pradesh ended in 1983 when, before a cheering crowd of 10,000 supporters, she gave herself up to the police.
All the categories
