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Release Date:
30 June 1995 (USA)
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She was the most feared outlaw in India. If the story wasn't true you wouldn't believe it... more
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The movie tells the story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994...
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Bandit
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Sexism
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Female Gangleader
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Violence
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South Asian
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Awards:
3 wins
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(10 articles)
Seema Biswas dares to bare again in 'Tomorrow'
(From Filmicafe. 25 August 2009, 1:32 PM, PDT)
"Charles & I is not based on the life of Sobhraj" - Prawaal Raman
(From BollywoodHungama. 2 March 2009, 5:06 AM, PST)
(From Filmicafe. 25 August 2009, 1:32 PM, PDT)
"Charles & I is not based on the life of Sobhraj" - Prawaal Raman
(From BollywoodHungama. 2 March 2009, 5:06 AM, PST)
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Does anyone realise how controversial this film was?
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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Also Known As:
Phoolan Devi (India: Hindi title)
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119 min
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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
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Director Cameo: [Shekhar Kapur]truck driver with beard whom Phoolan Devi (Seema Biswas) hits with the gun handle.
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It may interest people to know that this film was made without any recourse to Phoolan Devi herself and, when she did finally see parts of it, was so enraged that she announced that the film was not to be shown in India or she would cover herself in petrol and set fire to herself. I do not know whether it was shown at all or not, but given her standing at the time as a rising politician, I doubt it. Since then, I saw a report that she has been ousted from office and charged with further crimes from her Dacoit days, and has gone into hiding as a result.
Her own concerns aside, this is an excellent film, made all the more so by its refreshingly brutal approach; none of the rose-tinted melodrama one might expect from a typical indian film. It should be stressed that concerns about how feminist the film's messages really are and the like are essentially irrelevant: it's a true story. Her misgivings are, it seems, not with what is depicted but with the way in which the film depicts her.