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Director:
Shekhar Kapur
Writers:
Ranjit Kapoor (dialogue)
Mala Sen (book)
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Release Date:
30 June 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
She was the most feared outlaw in India. If the story wasn't true you wouldn't believe it... more
Plot:
The movie tells the story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins more
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"Charles & I is not based on the life of Sobhraj" - Prawaal Raman
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User Reviews:
Excellent more (20 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Seema Biswas ... Phoolan Devi
Aditya Srivastava ... Puttilal
Agesh Markam ... Mad Woman
Ajai Rohilla ... Behmai Man
Anirudh Agarwal ... Babu Gujjar
Anil Sahu ... Vikram Gang Member
Anupam Shyam ... Ganshyam
Aseem Bajaj ... Poolan / Man Singh Gang
Ashok Bulani ... D.S.P
Ashok Sharma ... Ashokchand Servant
Avinash Nemade ... Doctor
Basant Rawat ... Poolan / Man Singh Gang
Chotelal Siraswal ... Vikram Gang Member
Deepak Chibber ... S.P. Bhind
Deepak Soni ... Miandad
Dhawal Gwaliori ... Poolan / Man Singh Gang
Dilip Raghuvanshi ... Commander Yadav
Gajraj Rao ... Ashokchand
G.B. Dixit ... Ala Singer
Girish Solanki ... Tarika's Partner
Govind Namdeo ... SriRam
Guddi ... Munni
Gyan Shivpuri ... Phool Singh
Harish ... Tarika
Hemant Mishra ... Policeman
Hemant Pandey ... Ashokchand's Friend
Jeetendra Shastri ... Bharat
Kamia Bhatt ... Rukhmani, age 11
K.D. Segan ... A.D.C
Khunni Lal Maina ... Pundit
Lakshmi ... Poolan / Man Singh Gang (as Lakshmi Narayan)
Mahesh Chandra ... Chief Minister
Malabai Sonwani ... Mother-in-law
Mandakini Goswami ... Kailash's Wife
Manoj Bajpai ... Man Singh
Nazim Hussain ... Vikram Gang Member
Nazim Patel ... Vikram Gang Member
Nirmal Pandey ... Vikram Mallah
Pallavi Bharti ... Little Girl
Paritosh Sand ... Devendra Singh
Pawan Gupta ... Vikram Gang Member
Pradeep Gupta ... Vikram Gang Member
Puran Bhatt ... Poolan / Man Singh Gang
Raghuvir Yadav ... Madho
Rajesh Vivek ... Mustaquim
Raj Kumar Kamie ... Thakur Gang
Rakesh Raekwar ... Poolan / Man Singh Gang
Ram Charan Nirmalker ... Devideen
Ranjit Chowdhry ... Shiv Narain (as Ranjit Chaudhry)
Ravi Sangde ... Messenger
Sanjeev Kumar ... Poolan / Man Singh Gang

Saurabh Shukla ... Kailash
Savitri Raekwar ... Moola
Sitaram Panchal ... Lalaram
Sunil Gaekwad ... Rattan Chand
Sunita Bhatt ... Little Phoolan
Surendra Kora ... Behmai Man
Uma Yaish ... Rukhmani
Vibanshu Vaibhav ... Vikram Gang Member
Vijay Shukla ... Ashokchand's Friend
Vinod Tiwari ... Vikram Gang Member
Yogesh Gupta ... Poolan / Man Singh Gang
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Directed by
Shekhar Kapur 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ranjit Kapoor  dialogue
Mala Sen  book "India's Bandit Queen"
Mala Sen  screenplay

Produced by
Bobby Bedi .... producer
Varsha Bedi .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 
Roger White 
 
Cinematography by
Ashok Mehta 
 
Film Editing by
Renu Saluja 
 
Casting by
Tigmanshu Dhulia 
 
Production Design by
Eve Mavrakis 
 
Art Direction by
Ashok Bhagat 
 
Costume Design by
Dolly Ahluwalia 
 
Makeup Department
Edwin Williams .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Stephen Barker .... post-production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Higgins .... first assistant director
Alok Kapur .... third assistant director
Rajiv Maikhuri .... second assistant director
 
Sound Department
Richard King .... sound re-recording mixer
Robert Taylor .... production sound recordist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Aseem Bajaj .... assistant camera
Mulchand Dedhia .... gaffer
Vinod Narayanan .... focus puller
Giles Nuttgens .... additional photographer
 
Music Department
M. Arshad .... musical director
 
Other crew
Mike Higgins .... associate director
Pauline Hume .... title designer
Kannan Iyer .... assistant to director
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Phoolan Devi (India: Hindi title)
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Runtime:
119 min
Country:
India | UK
Language:
Hindi | Assamese
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:R | India:A | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | India:(Banned) (original rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | Iceland:16
Company:
Channel Four Films more

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Trivia:
This was banned by the Indian authorities due to its graphic scenes of sex and violence. It also incurred the wrath of its own subject, Phoolan Devi, who objected to the fact that she hadn't been invited to see the film. Devi claimed it was riddled with inaccuracies. more
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8 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Excellent, 9 December 1999
10/10
Author: franco-28 from USA

This is an excellent movie. Phoolan had no role model's to base her actions on, yet was able to bring about very necessary change to a land that was living in darkness when it comes to female treatment. I like the fact that it was a real story rather than made up, it added to the horror of the story, & the triumph.

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