BANDIT SHAKUNTALA
It is a true story of a Dacoit
named "Shakuntala" of Bihar district Madhubani. It is a true tale of
bravery, suffering, hatred, love, violence, power & injustice against women
in rural India.
The main attraction about this film is that the narrative of this Woman
Warrior Shakuntala will be essayed by the original Dacoit Shakuntala herself
through her eyes and in her own voice in the movie "Bandit
Shakuntala".
She was born in a very small village of Bihar in India to the lowest
caste. Enduring cruel poverty, Shakuntala survived the humiliation of being
poor and helpless. But she decided to study hard for making her life better.
During which she was kidnapped and raped by a rich powerful man of the same
village when she was just 12 years old.
After which she tried to get Justice with her family which they failed
to receive. Shakuntala was made to suffer a series of terrifying ordeals as a
result of pleading for justice against the man who raped her. She was
forcefully married to a old man by her uncle. Shakuntala ran away. Later her
uncle also killed her father brutally for a little piece of land.
The uncle also helped the rich
man to rape Shakuntala once again on the day of "Holi". After that
she was horrifyingly ganged raped by 30 man. She was kept in jungle for 10 days
without clothes in which these men raped her again and again just because she
asked for justice.
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