Provoked (film)
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| Directed by | Jag Mundhra |
| Produced by | Sunanda Murali Manohar |
| Written by |
Carl Austin Rahila Gupta |
| Starring |
Aishwarya Rai Robbie Coltrane Miranda Richardson Naveen Andrews |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | Madhu Ambat |
| Edited by | Sanjeev Mirajkar |
| Distributed by | Private Moments Ltd |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English and Punjabi |
| Box office | $3,078,709 (INT) |
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| Released | 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios | |||
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Provoked is a 2006 British biographical drama film, directed by Jag Mundhra. It stars Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane, Nandita Das and Steve McFadden. The film is loosely based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, who killed her abusive husband.
Cinematography for the film was handled by Madhu Ambat. The film's score and soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman, and the theme song for the film, Alive, was composed by Rahman and sung by Karen David, who has a small cameo in the film. Shot in London, the film was released theatrically in April 2007.
Kiranjit Ahluwalia (Aishwarya Rai), a Punjabi woman, marries Deepak Ahluwalia (Naveen Andrews) in an arranged marriage and moves to Southall, UK with him to be closer to his family. Initially he seems caring and affectionate towards her but soon enough the true colors of her husband begin to show as Deepak gradually reveals a darker, threatening, and even sociopathic side of himself. After enduring ten years of abuse and having two children with him, Kiranjit, unable to bear the brutality and repeated rapes at the hands of her husband any longer, sets fire to his feet while he is sleeping, unintentionally killing him. Charged with murder, her case comes to the notice of a group of South Asian social workers running an under funded organization called the Southall Black Sisters.
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