Although Gujjar's lieutenant Vikram is sympathetic towards Phoolan, Gujjar indiscriminately brutalizes and humiliates her, until one day Vikram catches him raping her (yet again) and shoots him in the head.
Gujjar is a physically imposing man and a ruthless, predatory mercenary. In May 1979, Phoolan is abducted by Babu Gujjar ( Anirudh Agarwal). But, unknown to her, the bail is a bribe (paid, through the police, to Babu Gujjar's gang), and Babu Gujjar arrives to collect his prize. The Thakurs put up bail and have her released. Angry and hopeless, Phoolan goes to the local police to try to have her ban lifted, but she is beaten, molested, and arrested by the police, who rapes her while in custody. Phoolan stays with Kailash for a while but is eventually compelled to leave. En route to another village, she encounters a troop of dakus (bandits) of the Babu Gujjar gang, led by Vikram Mallah Mastana ( Nirmal Pandey).
At the next town meeting, the panchayat wield their patriarchal authority to banish Phoolan from the village, since she will not consent to the sexual advances of the higher caste males, who treat her like sub-human chattel.Īccordingly, Phoolan lives with her cousin Kailash ( Saurabh Shukla). As Phoolan grows older, she faces incidents of (non-consensual) fondling and groping from the Thakur men (whose parents make up the panchayat or village government). (Phoolan's family, as well as Puttilal's family, belong to the lower-ranked Mallah sub-caste the higher ranked Thakur caste takes the lead in social and political situations.) Puttilal is physically and sexually abusive, and Phoolan eventually runs away and returns home. Phoolan is exposed to some sexual and exploitative abuses, including the caste system. Phoolan's aging father Devideen (Ram Charan Nirmalker) conforming to his culture, regrettably disagrees, and Phoolan is sent off with Puttilal. Though child marriages are customary during that time, Phoolan's mother Moola (Savitri Raekwar) objects to the timing of the match. Phoolan is married to a twenty-something fellow called Puttilal ( Aditya Shrivastava). The film opens in the summer of 1968 at a small village in Uttar Pradesh.
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