A gritty retelling of Phoolan Devi’s life was brought to the screen with Bandit Queen (1994) by director Shekhar Kapur and producer Bobby Bedi. Over three decades on, the latter is revisiting the subject with director Honey Trehan. A yet-untitled film will explore the next chapter of the dacoit-turned-politician’s life, beginning with her surrender to the police in 1983 and the 11 years she spent in prison for the Behmai massacre, before tracing her journey into politics and her 2001 assassination.

The first look of ‘Phoolan’