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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 Mohamed]] 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 K. 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>
'''''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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* [[Puneet Issar]] as Sukhdev (Rapist)
* [[Puneet Issar]] as Sukhdev (Rapist)
* [[Tej Sapru]] as Suryakant (Rapist)
* [[Tej Sapru]] as Suryakant (Rapist)
* [[Shiva Rindani]] as Shyam Shetty (Rapist)
* [[Shiva Rindani]] as Shyam Shetty (Rapist)  
*[[Shehnaz Kudia]] as Pappu,Mahendranath Daughter
*[[Chandrashekhar Dubey]] as Uncle/Father of Rapist dressed in Fisherman Dress
* [[Avtar Gill]] as Pinky's Rapist
* [[Avtar Gill]] as Pinky's Rapist
* [[Roopesh Kumar]] as Raj
* [[Mangal Dhillon]] as Mr. Mehta
* [[Leela Mishra]] as Shanti's Grandmother
* [[Leela Mishra]] as Shanti's Grandmother
* [[Roopesh Kumar]] as Raj
* [[Kalpana Iyer]] as Kanta
* [[Kalpana Iyer]] as Kanta ,Raj's Wife
* [[Chand Usmani]] as Suraj's Mother  
* [[Mangal Dhillon]] as Mr Mehta, Dr Asha's Mehta Husband
* [[Madhu Malhotra]] as Castration Gang Member
* [[Chand Usmani]] as Suraj's Mother
*[[Moolchand]] as Sukhdev's future Father-in-Law
*[[Surbhi Javeri Vyas]] as Neelu, Castration Gang Member
*[[Madhu Malhotra]] as Castration Gang Member
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==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
! # !! Song !! Singer
! Song !! Singer
|-
|-
| 1
| "Tauba Tauba, Allah Tauba"
| "Pal Pal Jale Meri Aatma"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
|-
| 2
| "Pal Pal Jale Meri Aatma"
| "Pyar Mila, Sab Kuch Mila"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| 3
| "Tauba Tauba Allah Tauba"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
|-
| 4
| "Pyar Mila, Sab Kuch Mila, Pyar Hai To Sansar Hai"
| "Apni Raksha Aap Karegi" (Female)
| [[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Mohammed Aziz]]
| [[Chandrani Mukherjee]]
|-
|-
| 5
| "Apni Raksha Aap Karegi"  
| "Apni Raksha Aap Karegi" (Male)
| [[Mohammed Aziz]]
| [[Mohammed Aziz]]
|-
|-
| 6
| "Apni Raksha Aap Karegi"  
| "Zakhmi Aurat"
| [[Chandrani Mukherjee]]
| [[Mohammed Aziz]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
|-
|-
|}
|}

Revision as of 17:05, 1 September 2021

Zakhmi Aurat (English : Wounded Woman) is a 1988 Indian 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.[1] 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.[2][3] 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".[4] 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."[5] 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".[6] 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."[7] Subhash Jha, however, wrote in 2002 that its box-office outcome notwithstanding, Zakhmi Aurat "turned into quite an embarrassment for its leading lady".[8]

Zakhmi Aurat
Directed byAvtar Bhogal
StarringDimple Kapadia
Raj Babbar
Music byBappi Lahiri
Release date
2 September 1988 (1988-09-02)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

The film is about women who have been raped and how they get revenge by castrating the rapists.[9] 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

Soundtrack

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

  1. ↑ Vasudev, Aruna (1995). Frames of mind: reflections on Indian cinema. UBSPD. p. 249. ISBN 978-81-7476-053-1.
  2. ↑ Dutt, Bishnupriya; Reinelt, Janelle; Sahai, Shrinkhla (2017). Gendered Citizenship: Manifestations and Performance. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-59093-6.
  3. ↑ Vasudev, Aruna (March 1991). "Women beware men". Index on Censorship. 20 (3): 7–8. doi:10.1080/03064229108535052. ISSN 0306-4220. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Mohamed, Khalid (4 September 1988). "Zakhmi Aurat: How to Go Haywire". The Times of India.
  5. ↑ Kishwar, Madhu; Vanita, Ruth (September–October 1988). "Male Fantasies Of Female Revenge" (PDF). Manushi. No. 48. pp. 43–44.
  6. ↑ "Dimple Kapadia: The sensuous star". The Times of India. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  7. ↑ Dhawan, M.L. (18 August 2002). "Year of offbeat films". The Sunday Tribune. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  8. ↑ Jha, Subhash K. (23 September 2002). "Women cops chase reel life villains". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 June 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  9. ↑ "Year of offbeat films". The Sunday Tribune. 18 August 2002. Retrieved 17 April 2008.

External links

Zakhmi Aurat on IMDb


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