Overview
- Prime Video announced on July 21 that Phoolan was selected for TIFF’s Special Presentations and will screen at the Princess of Wales Theatre on September 16.
- The film is written and directed by Emmy-winning Richie Mehta and produced by Namah Pictures with Shareen Mantri Kedia, Kishor Arora and Kanwal Kohli.
- Newcomer Sneha Kumari plays Phoolan Devi, supported by Anurag Thakur, Vikram Pratap Singh, Aakash Dahiya, Prateek Pachori and Dev Dutt Budholiya.
- Phoolan is adapted from I, Phoolan — The Autobiography of India’s Bandit Queen and focuses on a brutal 48-hour siege in which thousands of armed men surrounded a village.
- The TIFF premiere will precede a planned Prime Video release that has no public date yet, and the film returns Phoolan Devi’s story to global attention after earlier high-profile screen portrayals.