Bandit queen

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outcast. outlaw. legend. a woman's life erupts in a feverish spree of vengeful violence, shocking the world - and bringing a goverment to its knees - in this tale of modern-day savagery run wild. born of low caste, 11-year-old phoolan / seema biswas) is sold into marriage with a man 20 years her senior in exchange for a cow and a rusted bicycle. challenging her fate, she escape and falls in with a pack of ruthless bandits. but the political structure of the male-dominated gang comes with its own set of brutal humiliations, and phoolan must struggle to rise abouve a culture determined to bring her down, in a bloody coup that electrified a nation - and transformed on woman's world forever.