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Wounded (2007 film)

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Wounded
Directed byKrishna Mishra
Written bySaloni Goel
Aziz Burney
Produced byShree Hari Om Films
CinematographyAloke Dasgupta
Edited byKamal Saigal
Music byAjay
Babla Mehta
Release date
  • 9 March 2007 (2007-03-09)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget1.25 crore[1]

Wounded: The Bandit Queen is a 2007 Hindi language film that was directed by Krishna Mishra.[2][3] The film was first released on 9 March 2007. The film is based on the true story of Seema Parihar,[4] who plays herself in the film.[5]

Plot

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Parihar was abducted at the age of 13 from her village and the film depicts her transformation into a bandit.

Cast

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  • Kanhaiya as Lalaram
  • Seema Parihar as herself
  • Sushama Das as Seema's Mother
  • Kailash Bajpai as Seema's Father
  • Anjali Pandey as young Seema Parihar
  • Jitender Singh Naruka as Raghvendra

Production

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Planning for Wounded began around 2002, when Tarun Kumar Bagchi, A.K. Joshi and Krishna Mishra were inspired to create a film based upon Seema Parihar's life. The three men lobbied for Parihar's release on bail, as they wanted her to play as herself in the movie.[6] They were successful and filming began in 2004, upon which point it received some media notice due to it being one of the first films where a former dacoit plays herself.[7][8] During filming Mishra and Parihar received threats of bodily harm from dacoit Nirbhaya Gujjar, who led the gang that Parihar formerly led,[9] as he believed that she was "defaming the lives of dacoits".[10] Several attacks were made upon the production.[11] Upon completion of filming, the censor board of India initially refused to clear Wounded as they had objections over slang words used in the movie.[12] The Bombay High Court later cleared the film without removing any of the language that the censor board wanted to remove.[13]

Reception

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Turnout for Wounded was poor and reception was described as "lackluster" by the Hindustan Times.[14]

Awards

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  • Critics Award at the Leicester Expo Film Festival (2005, won)[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The making of a bandit". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 31 December 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Wounded' to be screened in UK Film Fest". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  3. ^ Anustup Basu, Meheli Sen (2013). Figurations in Indian Film (essay: Sensate Outlaws by Bishnupriya Ghosh. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0230291799.
  4. ^ "Wounded yet roaring". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Seema Parihar has acted in film before Bigg Boss". Mid-Day. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Wounded, but raring to fight". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 3 July 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  7. ^ "Dumped years back, wounded now". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 20 August 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  8. ^ Ghosh, Bishnupriya (2011). Global Icons: Apertures to the Popular. Duke University Press Books. pp. 171, 190, 266. ISBN 978-0822350163.
  9. ^ "Gangsta girls rising". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Dacoits' dagger over reformed dacoit". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  11. ^ "Producer gets death threat from dacoit". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Slang stalls bandit film". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2005. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  13. ^ "HC quashes Censor snips on Wounded". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  14. ^ "Seema Parihar: a woman of too many words". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  15. ^ "From bandit queen to 'Meera Bai'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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