The cast included Manoj Bajpayee, Gajraj Rao, Saurabh Shukla, Raghuvir Yadav, Nirmal Pandey, Aditya Srivastava, Rajesh Vivek and Govind Namdev, among others.īandit Queen’s major casting happened from the Delhi theatre scene, and the aforementioned actors were active in the circuit back then. And a major credit for this goes to casting director Tigmanshu Dhulia (now filmmaker and actor himself). Nearly three decades on, the film holds credit for giving Bollywood a line-up of brilliant actors, who were struggling to find their ground in films back then, but later on carved a niche for themselves. From Seema Biswas’ near brilliant act of getting under the skin of the dacoit to the recreation of the era, everything pushed Bandit Queen to become a point of reference for filmmakers. īandit Queen had several things working in its favour. And hope i can make another film like that. ![]() I think its my best film because it was shot completely intuitively. Thank you □□□ you have always said that, and I appreciate your comment on Bandit Queen. It traced the life of Phoolan Devi and what forced her to turn into one of the most notorious dacoits of the Chambal in 1980s. ![]() Bandit Queen, which completes 28 years of release today, is based on the book – India’s Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi by the Indian author Mala Sen.
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