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      • mumbai: seema biswas, who enacted the role of phoolan devi in shekhar kapur's acclaimed movie bandit queen, on wednesday expressed shock over the death of the former dacoit and samajwadi party mp. 'i met phoolan devi after the shooting of bandit queen. i vividly recall her face. she was sitting in a hotel and kapur introduced me to her', biswas said. biswas first thought that kapur was introducing her to a film star but it turned out to be phoolan with a child in her lap. 'i was so surprised to...
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    Actress Seema Biswas, who played Phoolan Devi in the Bandit Queen. The 1994 film Bandit Queen was loosely based on Mala Sen's biography; it was directed by Shekhar Kapur and starred Seema Biswas as Phoolan Devi.

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  4. www.indiatoday.in › magazine › society-and-the-artsPhoolan Devi: Bandit Queen - India Today

    Apr 15, 1993 · And representing the fluidity and the turmoil of Phoolan Devi's life is Seema Biswas, a Delhi actress who resigned from the prestigious National School of Drama Repertory for the role. After a hard day's work, Kapur braces for an all-night session to rework the scene for the next morning's shoot; the film has to be completed within three months.

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  6. timesofindia.indiatimes.com › entertainment › hindiSeema Biswas shocked over Phoolan's death - Times of India

    Jul 25, 2001 · MUMBAI: Seema Biswas, who enacted the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's acclaimed movie Bandit Queen, on Wednesday expressed shock over the death of the former dacoit and Samajwadi Party MP.

  7. www.youtube.com › watchSeema Biswas on Phoolan Devi and her own anger and issues ...

    Seema Biswas, actress, speaks of her own anger against society and how she channelized it into her film role on Phoolan Devi. It feels to me that Phoolan's l...

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  8. www.grunge.com › 1217886India's Bandit Queen: The Tragic Life And Assassination Of ...

    Mar 5, 2023 · Not only was Phoolan Devi forced into a marriage with a stranger while she was only a child, but the man she married also turned out to be cruel and violent (via "India's Bandit Queen"). She was terrified of him and resisted any sexual advances he made, which only made him more violent towards her, as described by Devi in her diaries, which ...

  9. isismagazine.org.uk › 2015 › 01Phoolan Devi: The story of India’s Bandit Queen – The Isis

    On 12 May 1996, a young woman from the Mallah caste wins a seat in the Indian parliament. She has no formal education, and from the age of 11 has been repeatedly raped and abused by her older husband. But she is also a dacoit, leader of a band of armed robbers, the “Beautiful Bandit” of the Chambal region of India and the undisputed queen ...

  10. www.theatlantic.com › indias-bandit-queen › 304890India's Bandit Queen - The Atlantic

    Nov 1, 1996 · Early one evening in February of 1983—a bitterly cold evening, as she remembers it now—Phoolan Devi, draped in a brown wool blanket topped by a vibrant red shawl, led a group of men, twelve in...