Wounded ? The Bandit Queen, is a chilling representation of the life and time of a real Bandit, in Post Independence India. Filmed amidst adverse conditions in the dacoit infested and infamous Chambal Valley, under severe ... more »threat to the lives of the Director and the unit, the film echoes the situations that can create criminals and also reform them. Based on the life of Seema Parihar, this self enacted film of the female protagonist makes a mark in the history of cinema with real Characters, real Locations and real Life as it is, in the dreaded terrains of Central India.Winner of the Critics Award in Leicester Expo Film Festival 2005, UK, the films traces the journey of a village girl, from the circumstances of her abduction at 13 to her transformation into a Bandit, whose very name, spelled terror in the minds of the people, for over a decade.Banned by the Censors in India, the film could only be released of a lengthy battle between the Producers d the Government, due to its scathing comment on the law and its intricacies, the lawlessness, corruption and sorry state of the down trodden in India.« less