You may have read the name “Bandit Queen” on the Internet or Social Media, especially on YouTube. Most people tell biographies about the Bandit Queen (Phoolan Devi). Bandit Queen movie is a film based on Phoolan Devi’s real life. She was an Indian dacoit and later became a Member of Parliament and was murdered by a man.
Do you know that the Bandit Queen movie was banned in India at early stage of it’s release in 1994? It is a 1994 movie that the Censor Board of Film Certification rejected because it contains sensual and religious elements.
At present in 2024, many people are watching the movie on the OTT platform Amazon Prime. Have you watched the Bandit Queen movie of Phoolan Devi? If not, you can watch this real-life story movie of Phoolan Devi on Amazon Prime if you subscribe to it for free you can watch it on YouTube.
Where to Watch the Bandit Queen Movie?
Bandit Queen is a drama and action-packed movie that tells the real-life story of dacoit and politician Phoolan Devi.
If you want to watch Bandit Queen, you can watch it on Prime Video. Its duration is 1 hour 42 minutes.
To watch a free Bandit Queen Movie, visit YouTube. You will find a Bandit Queen movie on this YouTube channel, DRJ Records Movies.
The primary cast of the Bandit Queen movie is Seema Biswas, Nirmal Panday, Rajesh Vivek, Raghubir Yadav, Manoj Bajpayee and many more, directed by Shekhar Kapur and produced by Bobby Bedi.
Bandit Queen movie actress Seema Biswas’s latest Bollywood movies of 2024 are Sarfira and Visfot.
Bandit Queen movie story is written by writer Mala Sen.
Why Was Bandit Queen Banned in India?
Many are searching the internet for information on why the Bandit Queen movie is banned in India. The reason for banning Bandit Queen movie is its content; it has sensual scenes, wipe out blood scenes, religious and forbidden scenes.
At present, it is available on OTT. Still, in late 1995, it was released in theatres after altered unwanted scenes by the CBFC and is dated ‘A’ (Only for Adults). It also telecasts after 17 minutes of cutscenes on television.
After releasing the movie Bandit Queen, Phoolan Devi mentioned that it is not real; maybe the movie makers added their assumptions.
Who was Phoolan Devi – Bandit Queen Movie – Real Life Story
Phoolan Devi was born on 10 August 1963 in the village Gorha Ka Purwa in the Jalaun district of Uttar Pradesh; she was from a Mallah subcaste from a low-income family background.
At the age of 11, she married, and later, she faced a lot of abuse from various persons; she joined a gang of dacoits, which dacoits used to rob from a higher caste people. After being in a dacoit gang, she killed the person who abused her previously.
Later, Phoolan Devi became very famous among the lower caste villages. People used to call her Robin Hood, and later, she got the name Bandit Queen.
In 1981, in Behmai village, 20 Thakurs were killed on the command of Phoolan Devi; after this massacre, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, resigned; two years later, Devi surrendered and spent 11 years in the Gwalior Prison.
After serving 11 years in jail, she was released in 1994, joined the Samajwadi Party and became a member of parliament in 1996.
Phoolan Devi Surrendered to the Police
After the Behmai massacre, police started searching for Phoolan Devi to encounter her and the whole gang. EX Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh was VP Singh, who suggested that Phoolan Devi surrender herself to the police so she would be free from the encounter.
At the suggestion of VP Singh, she surrendered and saved her life. But all the Devi gang members were encountered except her. As per some sources people assumed that VP Singh did all these things to gain votes from lower caste voters who were well-wishers of Phoolan Devi.
On 25 July 2001, Phoolan Devi was returning from the Parliament at her Ashoka Road residence in New Delhi. Sher Singh Rana (Pankaj Singh Pundir) shot with a revolver outside her house. At that time, her age was just 37. She was brought to the hospital, but doctors declared she was dead. In August 2014, Sher Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs.100,000.
There are too many stories of Phoolan Devi; there is still confusion as to which to believe and which not because she revealed information differently while asking about her life in some interviews.
Note: All the above information is gathered from various internet articles about Phoolan Devi.
Who Killed Phoolan Devi?
Sher Singh Rana, also known as Pankaj Singh Pundir, Killed Phoolan Devi with a revolver.
What’s the Age of Phoolan Devi When She Died?
Phoolan Devi died at the age of 37.
Phoolan Devi Story in English?
Phoolan Devi’s Story, Bandit Queen, can be watched in English with Subtitles on Prime Video.
Who Was the Husband of Phoolan Devi?
Phoolan Devi’s First Husband was Puttilal, and her Second Husband’s name was Umed Singh; they married in 1994.
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