Monday, April 23, 2007
Provoked - Review
It was a boring saturday evening and me looking out for something to kill time. Remembered the poster of Aish's latest movie - Provoked at the Underground station near home. So thought of watching it. Heard that it was a very serious movie etc. Me being the masala film type.. Well.. took me to do a second thought. But still went against the resistance..
The movie was based on a true story of Kiranjeet Ahluwalia (that's Ash's name in the film too..). The story is based out of London. Ash is a Punjabi girl married to a British born desi. Unlike the usual indian husbands in the UK (:-)), this guy subjects her to a high degree of domestic abuse and violence. Unable to with stand this for more than 10 yrs, she decides one day that enough is enough and kills him.
Rest of the movie is about how she copes up in the UK prison, wins over some friends in the process and with the help of her new found friends both inside and outside the prison (Nandita Das - an NGO in the movie), wins her freedom. Her case is of historic importance in the legal circle as it altered the legal definition of provoke (or something like that..Did not quite notice that bit well.)
All the characters in movies (surprisingly Ash after a long time..) have acted well. I especially liked the acting of cell mate of Ash. She did exactly what she was supposed to neither less nor more. I think Ash has attempted to do her career best (did come very close to) before she bid adieu (going by her statemenst in the press). Nandita Das, but for some scenes has done an excellent job.
On having Ash to do this role, the movie indirectly gets a better attention on the international media and secondly, not many heroines look beautiful without or with minimal makeup.
Well.. In the end i did feel good going against my initial resistance and seeing this movie. Worth a watch..
The movie was based on a true story of Kiranjeet Ahluwalia (that's Ash's name in the film too..). The story is based out of London. Ash is a Punjabi girl married to a British born desi. Unlike the usual indian husbands in the UK (:-)), this guy subjects her to a high degree of domestic abuse and violence. Unable to with stand this for more than 10 yrs, she decides one day that enough is enough and kills him.
Rest of the movie is about how she copes up in the UK prison, wins over some friends in the process and with the help of her new found friends both inside and outside the prison (Nandita Das - an NGO in the movie), wins her freedom. Her case is of historic importance in the legal circle as it altered the legal definition of provoke (or something like that..Did not quite notice that bit well.)
All the characters in movies (surprisingly Ash after a long time..) have acted well. I especially liked the acting of cell mate of Ash. She did exactly what she was supposed to neither less nor more. I think Ash has attempted to do her career best (did come very close to) before she bid adieu (going by her statemenst in the press). Nandita Das, but for some scenes has done an excellent job.
On having Ash to do this role, the movie indirectly gets a better attention on the international media and secondly, not many heroines look beautiful without or with minimal makeup.
Well.. In the end i did feel good going against my initial resistance and seeing this movie. Worth a watch..
