Richie Mehta on Turning Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi’s Story Into a 48-Hour Siege: ‘She Was Somebody Who Found Agency’

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Richie Mehta did not want to make this film. When producers at Namah Pictures – Shareen Mantri Kedia, Kishor Arora and Kanwal Kohli – approached him with the rights to Phoolan Devi’s dictated autobiography, his first instinct was to turn them down. He calls himself “a non-residen

Richie Mehta did not want to make this film. When producers at Namah Pictures – Shareen Mantri Kedia, Kishor Arora and Kanwal Kohli – approached him with the rights to Phoolan Devi’s dictated autobiography, his first instinct was to turn them down. He calls himself “a non-residen This story matters for Culture, Style & Media readers tracking film. Reported by variety.com. Read the full original at the source link below.

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