India ignores film on domestic violence
India ignores film on domestic violence
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mellz1989 483 days ago
Indians, no strangers to domestic abuse, have shunned a new film inspired by the true story of a wife who murdered her abusive husband but won a court reprieve and accolades for her courage.
"Provoked" is based on the autobiography of an Indian immigrant in Britain who was jailed in 1989 for burning alive her husband, another Indian immigrant, after suffering 10 years of rape and abuse at his hands.
Director Jag Mundhra says he hoped the film would raise awareness against domestic violence in India where, U.N. figures show, more than two-thirds of married women aged 15-49 years are victims of beating, rape or forced sex.
Unfortunately, "Provoked" has bombed at the Indian box office because, film critics say, the public wants entertaining issues.
"Provoked" is based on the autobiography of an Indian immigrant in Britain who was jailed in 1989 for burning alive her husband, another Indian immigrant, after suffering 10 years of rape and abuse at his hands.
Director Jag Mundhra says he hoped the film would raise awareness against domestic violence in India where, U.N. figures show, more than two-thirds of married women aged 15-49 years are victims of beating, rape or forced sex.
Unfortunately, "Provoked" has bombed at the Indian box office because, film critics say, the public wants entertaining issues.
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