Action-packed, fact-based adventure/drama/character study of the notorious female Indian outlaw Phoolan Devi (Seema Biswas in her debut), who emerged from a life of poverty and ritual brutalization to be charged with numerous kidnappings, robberies, and killings. Yet she remains beloved by many of her country’s poor as a Robin Hood-like legend. The film was as controversial as its subject; while based in part on diaries authored by Devi while in jail, she eventually repudiated the material. Nirmal Pandey as her Silent Supporter, Manoj Bajpai as her other supporter, Govind Namdeo as a Cruel Thakur have equally given splendid performances. This was the debut film of Nirmal Pandey, Manoj Bajpai, Saurabh Shukla and Seema Biswas. Some of the explicit scenes had raised many objections by certain people and political parties in India and thus this film was delayed in releasing by nearly 2 years. Nealry all the places where the film was released in india had an exclusive ’’Ladies-only’’show during one day of the week. This remains, till date, The Most controversial film ever made. The film was released internationally in 1994 but was not released in India till 1996.