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Bandit Queen ( Phoolan Devi ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Australia ] | ![Bandit Queen ( Phoolan Devi ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Australia ]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XMV816TFL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Shekhar Kapur
Studio: Siren Visual
Category: DVD
Buy New: $24.99
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Seller: daaveedee
Sales Rank: 208079
Format: Import, PAL, Widescreen
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Region: 0
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
UPC: 933008000393
EAN: 0933008000393
ASIN: B000EIXXJI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Australia released, PAL/Region 0 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.66:1), SYNOPSIS: Bandit Queen, based on the true story of legendary female warrior Phoolan Devi, is a confrontational epic that paints a far different picture of India from other arthouse productions. Devi (Seema Biswas) is married at age 11, abandoned by her husband when she resists his advances, and turned into a social outcast who, at one point, is gang-raped by the upper-caste men of one village. She later gets her revenge by organizing a massacre that leaves 20 villagers dead. Devi ultimately leads a band of latter-day Robin Hoods on bold raids against landowners in Central India during the late '70s and early '80s, often taking their spoils and redistributing them to poor tenant farmers. By the time she is arrested in 1983, Devi has become a folk hero, especially to the women who live in rural India's brutally patriarchal society. A full-fledged commercial production, handsomely produced and directed by talented Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (who emerged from the country's vaunted 'Bollywood' system), Bandit Queen painfully exposes a controversial aspect of Indian culture, while providing a triumphant portrait of female empowerment. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Oscar Academy Awards,
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