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The story of the "Bandit Queen" Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994. During five years she was prosecuted by the Indian police and turned into a legend (like a modern Robin Hood) by the Indian press. Read more

Starring	Seema Biswas, Aditya Srivastava, Agesh Markam, Ajai Rohilla
Director	Shekhar Kapur
Genres	Bollywood, Drama

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  The story of the "Bandit Queen" Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994. During five years she was prosecuted by the Indian police and turned into a legend (like a modern Robin Hood) by the Indian press....