Provoked

Jagmohan Mudhra is back with his latest flick
Provoked starring Aishwarya Rai and
Nandita Das among others. The last film I saw
from him was Bawandar, which was specially
screened at IITBombay in Mood Indigo'2001.
Jagmohan, who was present there, had given
a pre-screening talk.

Those who don't know, he has a Bachelors'
degree in Electrical engineering from IIT
Bombay.

To begin with he made movies which could sell,
with titles such as Irresistible Impulses, Tainted
Love,Wild Cactus etc. But now, he seems to have
created another niche for himself. Something he
deserves to be applauded for.














In Bawandar and in Provoked he has raised the
issues of atrocities against Indian women.
While Bawandar tells the story of Bhanwari Devi,
a social worker in Rajasthan,who was gangraped
by members of a higher caste in her village,













Provoked is the story of Kiranjt Ahluwalia , who
was the victim of her NRI husband in London. Kiranjit
suffered and kept quiet for the sake of her family honor
for a long time, but eventually gave in and burnt her
husband alive.

Indian film industry is not very well known for tackling
such dark and real-life stories, which makes creators like
Mundhra so much more important.