Mera Shikar

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{{Infobox film
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| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Keshu Ramsay]]
| writer = [[Keshu Ramsay]]<br />[[Iqbal Durrani]]<br />B. Lachman
| producer = B. Lachman
| starring = [[Dimple Kapadia]]<br />[[Kabir Bedi]]
| narrator =
| cinematography = [[S. M. Anwar]]
| editing = V. N. Mayekar
| music = [[Bappi Lahiri]]
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| released = {{release date|df=y|1988|09|09}}
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| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
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'''''Mera Shikaar''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1988|1988]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Bollywood|Hindi]] action film directed by [[Keshu Ramsay]]. The film stars [[Dimple Kapadia]], [[Kabir Bedi]] in lead roles. Dialogues of this movie became a hit and therefore audio cassettes of dialogue were released. It was written by [[Iqbal Durrani]]. Subhash Jha of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' called the film "extraordinarily adroit entertainer" "one of the most engaging action films", and wrote, "with daring defiance, the film snowballs ideas that challenge its common objective (elemental entertainment). It would be a pity if the film is lumped with the run-of-the-mill potboiler." He further wrote that "unlike Zakhmi Aurat it does not degenerate into sleazy sensationalism". Referring to the transformation of Bijli, he wrote, "The metamorphosis of the frisky Bijli into the ferocious fighter is achieved in the film with unusual restraint through smooth editing, crisp camerawork cuttingly ironic dialogues, and of course Dimple's trevails both physical as well as cerebral."<ref>{{cite news |last1=K. Jha |first1=Subhash |title=The rage of angels |work=The Sunday Standard |publisher=Express Group |date=23 October 1988 |page=3}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Dimple Kapadia]] as Bijli
* [[Kabir Bedi]] as Ravi
* [[Prem Chopra]] as Bhurelal
* [[Danny Denzongpa]] as Changeza
* [[Om Shivpuri]] as Gafoor
* [[Navin Nischol]] as Masterji (Special Appearance)

==Music==
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Nirbal Nahin Yeh Nari"
| [[Mohammed Aziz]]
|-
| "Pyar Chahiye"
| [[Bappi Lahiri]]
|-
| "Thoda Sa Pyar"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Chalo Prem Desh"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Humko Yaad Na Karna"
| [[Aparna Mayekar]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0261064|Mera Shikaar}}

[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bappi Lahiri]]
[[Category:Films directed by Keshu Ramsay]]

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Zakhmi Aurat

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'''''Zakhmi Aurat''''' (English : Wounded Woman) is a [[Bollywood films of 1988|1988]] [[India]]n [[Hindi]] movie starring [[Dimple Kapadia]] and [[Raj Babbar]] and directed by Avtar Bhogal. Kapadia played Kiran Dutt, a police officer who is subject to gang rape and, when the judicial system fails to convict the criminals, unites with other rape victims to [[castrate]] the rapists in revenge.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vasudev |first1=Aruna |author-link1=Aruna Vasudev |title=Frames of mind: reflections on Indian cinema |date=1995 |publisher=UBSPD |isbn=978-81-7476-053-1 |page=249 |language=en}}</ref> A financial success, the film opened to a polarised reaction from critics and further attracted wide coverage for its lengthy and brutal rape scene involving Kapadia.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dutt |first1=Bishnupriya |last2=Reinelt |first2=Janelle |last3=Sahai |first3=Shrinkhla |title=Gendered Citizenship: Manifestations and Performance |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-59093-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="CBFC">{{cite journal |last1=Vasudev |first1=Aruna |author-link1=Aruna Vasudev |title=Women beware men |journal=[[Index on Censorship]] |date=March 1991 |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=7–8 |doi=10.1080/03064229108535052 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03064229108535052 |access-date=7 June 2020 |language=en |issn=0306-4220|doi-access=free }}</ref> [[Khalid Mohammed]] of ''The Times of India'' noted Kapadia's "power packed performance" but criticised the rape sequence as "utter lasciviousness" and "vulgarity spattering through the screen".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mohamed |first1=Khalid |author-link=Khalid Mohamed |title=Zakhmi Aurat: How to Go Haywire |work=The Times of India |date=4 September 1988}}</ref> Feminist magazine ''[[Manushi]]'' panned its low cinematic quality, including the absurdity of the action scenes and the "ugly kind of titillation" in the rape scene, but believed it "stays closer to women's experience" than other films of its sort; the review was particularly approving of Kapadia's work: "What really carries the film through is Dimple Kapadia's performance—low key, moving and charming without being at all clinging or seductive. She brings a conviction to her role that is rare among Bombay heroines."<ref name="manushi">{{cite news |last1=Kishwar |first1=Madhu |author-link1=Madhu Kishwar|last2=Vanita |first2=Ruth|author-link2=Ruth Vanita |title=Male Fantasies Of Female Revenge |date=September–October 1988 |url=http://www.manushi-india.org/pdfs_issues/PDF%20files%2048/male_fantasies_of_female_revenge.pdf |work=[[Manushi]] |issue=48 |pages=43–44 |language=en}}</ref> In later years, ''The Times of India'' labelled it a "B-grade movie" though it noted Kapadia's convincing portrayal of "anguish and bitterness at being denied justice".<ref name="TOI">{{cite news|title=Dimple Kapadia: The sensuous star|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Dimple-Kapadia-The-sensuous-star/articleshow/1215746.cms|date=31 August 2005|access-date=18 September 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> M.L. Dhawan from ''The Tribune'', while documenting the famous Hindi films of 1988, praised Kapadia for "proving her mettle as an actress of intensity and passion."<ref>{{cite news |title=Year of offbeat films |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020818/spectrum/main5.htm |newspaper=[[The Sunday Tribune]] |date=18 August 2002 |access-date=18 September 2011 |author=Dhawan, M.L.}}</ref> Subhash Jha, however, wrote in 2002 that its box-office outcome notwithstanding, ''Zakhmi Aurat'' "turned into quite an embarrassment for its leading lady".<ref>{{cite news |title=Women cops chase reel life villains |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/23051168.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=23 September 2002 |access-date=18 September 2011 |first1=Subhash K. |last1=Jha |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624004606/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/23051168.cms|archive-date=24 June 2008}}</ref>

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==Plot==
The film is about women who have been [[rape]]d and how they get revenge by [[castrating]] the rapists.<ref>{{cite news |title=Year of offbeat films |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020818/spectrum/main5.htm |work=[[The Sunday Tribune]] |date=2002-08-18 |access-date=2008-04-17 }}</ref>
This film is inspired by the X-rated thriller 'I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE"'.
The film is centered around a woman police officer (Dimple Kapadia) who is gang raped in gruesome fashion - her ripped off jeans flung on the fan as testimony to the ghastly act taking place below.
In the film the victim's (Dimple) trust in the Indian judicial system is shattered when despite her testimony, her rapists walk free.
She decides to punish the rapists by forming a gang of wronged women and the modus operandi is to first identify the rapists, trap them and then castrate them one by one.
The film was generously sprinkled with explicit scenes falsifying the claim of the filmmaker of an anti-rape film. Watch what happens when she is taken to court.
Will she get justice? or will she be punished for the crimes she has committed??

==Cast==
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* [[Dimple Kapadia]] as Inspector Kiran Dutt
* [[Raj Babbar]] as Suraj Prakash
* [[Anupam Kher]] as Advocate Mahendranath
* [[Rama Vij]] as Dr. Asha Mehta
* [[Aruna Irani]] as Salma
* [[Beena Banerjee]] as Mrs. Mahendranath
* [[Satyendra Kapoor]] as Shanti's Father
* [[Om Shivpuri]] as Police Commissioner
* [[Puneet Issar]] as Sukhdev (Rapist)
* [[Tej Sapru]] as Suryakant (Rapist)
* [[Shiva Rindani]] as Shyam Shetty (Rapist)
* [[Avtar Gill]] as Pinky's Rapist
* [[Roopesh Kumar]] as Raj
* [[Mangal Dhillon]] as Mr. Mehta
* [[Leela Mishra]] as Shanti's Grandmother
* [[Kalpana Iyer]] as Kanta
* [[Chand Usmani]] as Suraj's Mother
* [[Madhu Malhotra]] as Castration Gang Member
{{div col end}}

==Soundtrack==
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Tauba Tauba, Allah Tauba"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Pal Pal Jale Meri Aatma"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Pyar Mila, Sab Kuch Mila, Pyar Hai To Sansar Hai"
| [[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Mohammed Aziz]]
|-
| "Apni Raksha Aap Karegi"
| [[Mohammed Aziz]]
|-
| "Apni Raksha Aap Karegi"
| [[Chandrani Mukherjee]]
|-
|}

==Production==
Dialogues of this movie written by [[Iqbal Durrani]] became quite popular.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{IMDb title|0364135}}

[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:1980s action films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian erotic films]]
[[Category:Films about rape in India]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Gang rape in fiction]]
[[Category:Indian rape and revenge films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bappi Lahiri]]

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