''Wounded: The Bandit Queen'' is a 2007 Hindi language film that was directed by
Krishna Mishra
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. The film was first released on 9 March 2007. The film is based on the true story of
Seema Parihar
Seema Parihar is an Indian politician and former bandit. She was a member of the Samajwadi Party. Parihar claims that her inspiration is Phoolan Devi, who was known as the Bandit Queen, and had also been a bandit before becoming a politician. S ...
, who plays herself in the film.
Plot
Parihar was abducted at the age of 13 from her village and the film depicts her transformation into a bandit.
Cast
*Kanhaiya as Lalaram
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Seema Parihar
Seema Parihar is an Indian politician and former bandit. She was a member of the Samajwadi Party. Parihar claims that her inspiration is Phoolan Devi, who was known as the Bandit Queen, and had also been a bandit before becoming a politician. S ...
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
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. 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. During filming Mishra and Parihar received threats of bodily harm from dacoit Nirbhaya Gujjar, who led the gang that Parihar formerly led, as he believed that she was "defaming the lives of dacoits". Several attacks were made upon the production. 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. The
Bombay High Court
The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), and is one of the ol ...
later cleared the film without removing any of the language that the censor board wanted to remove.
Reception
Turnout for ''Wounded'' was poor and reception was described as "lackluster" by the Hindustan Times.
Awards
*''Critics Award'' at the Leicester Expo Film Festival (2005, won)
See also
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Seema Parihar
Seema Parihar is an Indian politician and former bandit. She was a member of the Samajwadi Party. Parihar claims that her inspiration is Phoolan Devi, who was known as the Bandit Queen, and had also been a bandit before becoming a politician. S ...
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Bandit Queen
''Bandit Queen'' is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language biographical action-adventure film based on the life of Phoolan Devi as covered in the book ''India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi'' by the Indian author Mala Sen. It was written, ...
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Phoolan Devi
Phoolan Devi (1963–2001), popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Mallah woman who grew up in poverty in a village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Her family was in a land dispute which caused many problems in her youth and after b ...
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0495245, Wounded
2007 films
2000s Hindi-language films