India Synopsis
बैंडिट क्वीन
“Revenge was her reply.”
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phooland Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.
Audience Engagement
45 audience reviews — more than 77% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 90th percentile among India films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Bandit Queen. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + Crime in India
137 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Bandit Queen itself).
The 1994–1996 India Window
Bandit Queen holds position #18 of 40 India films in the 1994–1996 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in India, 147 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Bandit Queen premiered alongside 14 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 14 other India films in 1995.
The 209th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Bandit Queen, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- militant · 1
- poverty · 24
- 1960s · 20
- 1970s · 19
- bandit · 12
- social issues · 9
- guerrilla warfare · 7
- biography · 75
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #710 of 1,983 India films indexed here (64th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #487 of 1,132 (top 43%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | India, United Kingdom |
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Kaleidoscope Productions, Kaleidoscope Entertainment, Film4 Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 59m |
| Release Date | February 17, 1995 |
| IMDb | tt0109206 |