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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