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Phoolan Devi (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Phoolan Devi' is a Bengali action movie of 1985 directed by Ashok Roy and produced by Rajeev Kaul. This movie was loosely based on the life of Indian bandit turned politician Smt. Phoolan Devi. The film was also released in Hindi with the name 'Kahani Phoolvati Ki'
Plot
Young Phoolan was forced to marry an old man 'Puttilal' by her parents. Puttilal has another wife who started torture to Phoolan. One day Phoolan met with her close friend Meena who turned into bandit due to atrocities of Thakur brothers. Those Thakur brother, Bara Thakur and Chota Thakur terrorize the villagers. Bikram Mallah, a trusted hand of Thakurs protests such inhuman activities of them. Whilst those brothers attack on Phoolan, Bikram stops them and took charge of the Thakur's gang forcefully. Subsequently, he married Phoolan. Thakur brothers took revenge to kill Bikram and raped Phoolan. They tagged her mercilessly and few villagers gang raped her in all day long. Escaping from their hand Phoolan made her own gang and became 'Dakait' (Decoit) leader. Thereafter she killed all the rapists one by one including two Thakur brothers.
Cast
* Rita Bhaduri as Phoolan Devi
* Suresh Oberoi as Bikram Mallah
* Joy Mukherjee as Bada Thakur
* Prema Narayan as Meena
* Goga Kapoor as Meena's Husband / Police Informer
* Asit Kumar Sen
* Manik Dutt
* Tarun Ghosh
References
Category:1985 films
Category:Bengali-language Indian films
Category:Indian action drama films
Category:1980s Bengali-language films
Category:1980s feminist films
Category:Indian films based on actual events
Category:Films based on real people
Category:Indian biographical drama films
Category:Indian crime drama films
Category:Indian feminist films
Category:Films about organised crime in India
Category:Films about rape in India
Category:Indian rape and revenge films
Category:Films about the caste system in India
Category:Films about women in India
Category:Cultural depictions of robbers
Category:Cultural depictions of Indian women
Category:Films about outlaws
Category:Indian films about revenge
Category:1980s action drama films
Category:1980s biographical drama films
Category:1985 crime drama films
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