The portrayal of her and her life through this film turned highly controversial. They did not even consider meeting her and discussing how they would go about creating the film (based on her life), so that when the film is released, there is no scope for denying the making and lead protests for the same. Phoolan Devi publicly complained that the director, Shekhar Kapur, and producer, Bobby Bedi, refused to show her the film, and in the first place, made it without taking her consent. However, the portrayal of her and her life through this film turned highly controversial.
Along with the raids over the years, she hunted down the 20 something men who had raped and abused her, made them stand in a line and shot each of them dead in Behmai. When the leader was shot dead, Devi took charge of the gang. Through out the course of her life, she was raped multiple times and was abused by the the policemen, opportunist villagers and a few gang members. Phoolan Devi was just a girl when she was abducted by a gang of dacoits on the order of the village sirpanch as she refused his sexual advances. It won the national award for best film and best director along with the praise at the Cannes Film Festival. Bandit Queen gained a lot of recognition, nationally and internationally. Directed by Shekhar Kapur, the film is based on the life of Phoolan Devi, a lower class and lower caste dacoit who was known to raid villages with her gang and redistributed wealth from the rich, upper class landlords to the poor villagers. The film Bandit Queen came out in the year 1994.
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