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MUMBAI: Eros International’s Aishwarya Rai starrer Provoked,
which released in the UK on Friday 6 April, has crossed Fox
Searchlight and UTV distributed Namesake’s weekend box
office takings.
Provoked grossed £ 140,204 with just 35 prints as against
£ 125,084 for Namesake with 59 prints in its opening
weekend, thus giving a nearly double screen average of £
4005 as against £ 2120 for Namesake.
Provoked is the true life depiction of Kiranjit Ahluwalia
(played by Aishwarya Rai), the Asian woman who overturned
the British judicial system and transformed the meaning of
“provocation” in the case of physically abused women,
winning justice for women subjected to domestic violence,
rape and sexual abuse.
The film, based on Ahluwalia’s autobiography Circle
of Light by Rahila Gupta, follows her lonely struggle in an
abusive 10-year marriage, her retaliation through the murder
of her violent husband and the efforts of women activists
Southall Black Sisters to bring her justice.
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