Entertainment News Desk – Everyone knows Seema Biswas, born on 14 January 1965 in Guwahati. She had created a distinct identity with her strong acting in Bandit Queen. Seema’s mother was famous for acting in cinema and drama. In such a situation, she wanted her daughter to also act. For this reason, Seema started working in drama and to make her career in acting, she took admission in the National School of Drama.
Phoolan’s character came alive
Shekhar Kapur was so impressed after seeing Seema’s acting in the play that he cast her for his film ‘Bandit Queen’. She made headlines overnight by bringing alive the character of Phoolan in the film Bandit Queen, based on the life of Chambal’s infamous dacoit Phoolan Devi. He was also awarded the National Award for this film. Apart from Hindi, Seema has also shown her acting skills in Marathi, Malayalam and Tamil films.
father had praised
In an interview, Seema had told that it was very difficult for her to shoot bold scenes in the film. Only the director and cameraman were present in the room to shoot the bold scenes in the film. In one scene, Thakur first gang-rapes Phoolan Devi and then sends her without clothes to fetch water from the well. It was very difficult to shoot this scene. Seema had asked the director to remove nude scenes from the film. But the director did not agree. She had told that after shooting this scene she kept crying the whole night. Not only this, the entire film unit cried after that scene. There was a lot of controversy regarding the nude scene in the film. Seema was afraid of what her father’s reaction would be after watching the film. But when her father saw the film, he praised Seema a lot. Seema had told that she started crying after hearing the praise from her father.
The family members watched the movie with the room closed
The rape scene filmed with Seema Biswas in the film Bandit Queen had made a lot of headlines. After this scene he had to face a lot of criticism. Not only this, two years before the film’s release, the Biswas family had watched the uncensored copy of the film at their home. It is said that Seema’s family watched her film Bandit Queen with the door closed. Even the lights along with the doors of the house were switched off.
