This current adaptation Bollywood style of a classic Jane Austen, tells the story of Mrs. Bakshi, a woman eager to find the ideal husband for her four unmarried daughters. When Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy, two rich and unmarried men, come to town to attend a wedding, the hopes of the Bakshi increase despite the circumstances and the comments of people pose a great threat to to carry out his wishes.

It is about the romantic era of the monsoon and the Verma family members come to Delhi from all points of the globe to attend an arranged marriage at the last minute. Five interconnected stories that explore different aspects of love and cross geographical boundaries, social, and moral in contemporary India.

After the rebellion of 1857, every attempt at revolt, whether small or large was immediately subdued by the British. The freedom movement was all but extinct because no one dared to raise his head. These were times during which most of India had accepted that the British would rule for another 100 years. The Rajah had lost most of his legendary power and wealth and were now simple rulers in name only. In some cases mere tax collectors on behalf of the British. The British, after adopting a dual policy, protected the territories of the Rajah and administered law and order. In exchange, they collected a tax to be paid by all farmers in the country. The presentation to the collectors of a portion of the crop farmers in the form of tax is known by the name of Lagaan.

Probably the most popular film in history of Indian cinema and the most famous locally. Fortunate combination of Soviet realism, the Hollywood spectacle and sense of melodrama and popular imagery India, Mother India remains the undisputed classic large commercial production of Bombay in the first period of glory.

Writer: Sabiha Sumar, Paromita Vohra
Photography: Ralph Netzer
Music: Madan Gopal Singh, Arshad Mahmud
Mounting: Bettina Böhler

Charkhi, 1979, a village in Pakistani Punjab. Aïcha is a happy woman in her forties who never speaks of his past. Since the death of her husband, 18 year old son is the center of their existence. Salim, good boy, sweet and dreamy, is in love with Zoubida. In Pakistan, General Zia-ul-Haq has just taken power and martial law. The country is introduced into the path of Islamization. Salim began to attend a Muslim fundamentalist group. Zoubida is gradually abandoned by her lover, while Aïcha cares about seeing his son to change so badly. The events are precipitated by the arrival of the Sikhs came from India for pilgrimage. One of them begins to find his sister, a Virou such that Muslims captured in 1947. The past comes suddenly to the surface.

“My name is Khan” of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol Devgan give life to characters that represent the greatest challenges of their careers. Rizvan Khan is an honorable Indian Muslim whose life is marked by Asperger syndrome, and falls in love with the beautiful Mandira, a single mother living Hindu version of the global dream of success. But when an unspeakable act of cowardice destroys his family, Khan selflessly undertaken an impressive odyssey through a contemporary United States, which are as complex as the world of the human heart. With all his ingenuity becomes the incarnation of the most incredible act of rebellion, peace and compassion. Provides a sobering reality that affects the lives of every person who crosses. In the name of the woman he loves, a peculiar stranger introduces himself by saying simply: “My name is Khan and I am not a terrorist.

The story is set in 1938 colonial India, during the liberation movement led by Mahatma Gandhi.

According to Hindu beliefs, when a woman marries, she becomes half of the man. Therefore, if he dies, it is considered that half of the wife is dead. The holy books say that a widow has three options: marry the younger brother of her husband, burn with her husband or live a life of total devotion.

A wedding  that could well be a funeral is celebrated: marry Chuyia (Sarala), a girl of 8 years, with a dying man who died that night. The body is burnt on the shore of a holy river and Chuyia prepares for the destination they have chosen for her. He shaves his head and enters an ashram for widows where she will spend the rest of his life.

Water is a constant in the film, not only as metaphor but also as an instrument. On the banks of the river, Kalyani (Lisa Ray) meets Narayan (John Abraham), an idealistic young follower of Gandhi, the son of Brahmin, the highest social caste in India.

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Biswambhar Roy is a rajah, the last descendant of an ancient and aristocratic caste, which is ruined. Patron of the arts and lover of music, decided to give one last big concert in his home.

The filmmaker Satyajit Ray takes this story to compare two social classes: an aristocracy under threat of extinction and an emerging bourgeoisie interested only in money and not culture.

Unable to bear the brutality and repeated rapes by her husband, her on fire and kills him. Charged with first-degree murder, sentenced to life imprisonment and detention. There she befriends her cellmate, a wealthy white woman, from learning English. This woman feels so moved by her story that she asks her brother, a senior lawyer, you take your case. The process reaches the ears of a diverse group of South Asian social workers, who manage an organization with few economic resources called Southall Black Sisters. They present their plight to the media by organizing rallies, to get public support and get their freedom.

It is ultimately freed by the judicial system, becoming a landmark case called Regina v Ahluwalia that redefined the word provocation in the case of battered women. Was reunited with her children and later, the wife of Prime Minister gave him an award for his fight against domestic violence.

Original title: “Provoked: A True Story.”
Genre: Drama.
Country and Year: United Kingdom, India – 2006.
Director: Jag Mundhra.
Screenplay: Carl Austin. Rahila Gupta Screenplay. Kiranjit Ahluwalia.

Main Cast:

Aishwarya Rai Nandita Das, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews,Robbie Coltrane

Photo: Madhu Ambato.
Music: A.R. Rahman.
Production: Murali Manohar. Nigel Glynn-Davies. Sunanda Murali Manohar.
Duration: 112 minutes