Jinnah Movie

Film based on a true story: the story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia (Aishwarya Rai), who left India to marry her husband in London. Apparently it was a dream life, living abroad, without financial problems, without any concerns and with a future ahead. Everything faded when she discovered her husband was an alcoholic and constantly subjected to physical and psychological. The situation was made worse by having two children.

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