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Provoked (film) Provoked is a 2006 British biographical drama film, directed by Jag Mundhra. It stars Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane, Nandita Das and Steve McFadden. The film is loosely based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, who killed her abusive husband.
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Kiranjit Ahluwalia Kiranjit Ahluwalia (born 1955) is an Indian woman who came to international attention after burning her husband to death in 1989 in the UK. She claimed it was in response to ten years of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse. After initially being convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, Ahluwalia's conviction was later overturned on grounds of inadequate counsel and replaced with voluntary manslaughter. Although her submission of provocation failed (under "R v Duffy" the loss of control needed to be sudden, which this was not), she successfully pleaded the partial defence of diminished responsibility under s.2 Homicide Act 1957 on the grounds that fresh medical evidence (which was not available at her original trial) may indicate diminished mental responsibility.
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Rape during the Kashmir conflict Since the onset of the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir in 1988, rape has been used as a weapon of war by Indian security forces; comprising the Indian Army, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security personnel, against the Kashmiri population. The frequent rape of Kashmiri Muslim women by Indian state security forces routinely goes unpunished. Many women have become victims of rape and sexual assault in the conflict. According to scholar Seema Kazi, separatist militants have also committed rape to some extent, although not comparable in scale with that by the Indian state forces.
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Damini Damini – Lightning is a 1993 Indian crime thriller film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi starring Meenakshi Sheshadri in the title role alongside Sunny Deol, Rishi Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Tinu Anand, Paresh Rawal in pivotal role and Aamir Khan as special appearance. The story is of how a woman fights against society for justice. The film is considered to be one of the best woman centric films ever made in Bollywood.
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Kanjirottu Yakshi Kanjirottu Yakshi (Chiruthevi) is a folkloric vampire. According to the myth, she was born into an affluent Padamangalam Nair tharavad by name Mangalathu at Kanjiracode in Southern Travancore (now in Tamil Nadu). Being a ravishingly beautiful courtesan she had an intimate relationship with Raman Thampi, son of King Rama Varma and rival of Anizhom Thirunal Marthanda Varma. According to the story, she was murdered by her servant and she turned into a Yakshi, (which is a class of mythical beings in malayalam folklore, that may not map exactly to the Yaksha class in Hindu Puranas) waylaying men with her beauty and drinking their blood.
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Indian National Army in popular culture The Indian National Army (INA) and its leader Subhash Chandra Bose are popular and emotive topics within India. From the time it came into public perception in India around the time of the Red Fort Trials, it found its way into the works of military historians around the world. It has been the subject of a number of projects, of academic, historical and of popular nature. Some of these are critical of the army, some — especially of the ex-INA men — are biographical or autobiographical, while still others historical and political works, that tell the story of the INA. A large number of these provide analyses of Subhas Chandra Bose and his work with the INA.
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Mohini Mohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, "Mohinī ") is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as an enchantress, who maddens lovers, sometimes leading them to their doom. Mohini is introduced into the Hindu mythology in the narrative epic of the "Mahabharata". Here, she appears as a form of Vishnu, acquires the pot of Amrita (an elixir of immortality) from thieving asuras (demons), and gives it back to the devas (gods), helping them retain their immortality.
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Kanooru Heggadithi Kanooru Heggadithi ("Mistress of the House of Kanooru") is a 1999 Indian film based on the 1936 novel "Kanooru Subbamma Heggadithi" by Kannada writer Kuvempu, and directed by playwright and film director Girish Karnad. Set in the Malnad region, the film narrates a story of the land and life of a feudal family in pre-independence Malnad. The film marked Karnad's return to directing after a lapse of over a decade.
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Durgabai Kamat Durgabai Kamat (1899 – May 17, 1997) was a Marathi actress, who was the first female actress of Indian cinema. In the early 1900s, acting in film or theatre was a taboo for women, so much so Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian cinema, had to use male actors to female role in first Indian film, "Raja Harishchandra", however with its success, female actress were encouraged, thus he introduced Kamat in his 1913 second movie "Mohini Bhasmasur" as a leading lady Parvati, while her daughter Kamlabai Gokhale (born Kamlabai Kamat), played the role of as Mohini, thus becoming the first female child actress of Indian cinema. After Kamat other actress started working in cinema.
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Madhuri Banerjee Madhuri Banerjee (born 9 August 1975) is an Indian author, columnist and screenwriter. Her debut novel "Losing My Virginity And Other Dumb Ideas" sold over 40,000 copies. She is also the writer of the successful Bollywood film, "Hate Story 2". She has also worked with actress Karishma Kapoor on a non-fiction book called "The Yummy Mummy Guide".
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Meena Shorey Meena Shorey (1921–1989) was an Indian cinema and later Pakistani cinema actress, who worked in Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi films. Credited in films by her mononym, Meena, her real name was Khurshid Jehan. She started her acting career playing a character role, as Ambhi, Raja of Taxila's sister in Sohrab Modi's "Sikandar" (1941). Married to her third husband, Roop K. Shorey, by the mid-1940s, she found fame when she acted in her husband's film "Ek Thi Ladki" (1949), opposite actor Motilal. The story was written by I. S. Johar, who also starred in the film. The "foot-tapping" music composed by Vinod became a "huge hit", with Meena becoming an "icon" for the "new liberated" young women. Meena was acclaimed as the "Lara Lappa Girl", from the song of same title in the film. She was one of the first women to be recognised in Indian cinema as a "comedienne of calibre".
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Sant Nirmala Sant Nirmala (Marathi: संत निर्मळा) was a poet in 14th century Maharashtra, India. As the younger sister of Chokhamela, she was deemed equally holy with her brother and thus is also deemed a Hindu saint. Nirmala was married to Banka, an Untouchable Mahar caste. Her writings consist largely of abhangs that describe the injustice and inequalities she suffered as a result of the caste system.
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Twinkle Khanna Twinkle Khanna (also known as Tina Jatin Khanna; born on 29 December 1973) is an Indian interior designer, newspaper columnist, film producer, author, and former film actress. Her first book "Mrs Funnybones" sold over one hundred thousand copies making her India's highest-selling female writer of 2015. She repeated the success with her second book the legend of Lakshmi Prasad which also went on to sell over a 100,000 copies by august 2017.She won the Crossword Book Award 2016 for Mrs Funnybones She won India Today Woman Writer of the year 2017 for Her second book, The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad, published by Juggernaut Books that has been at No 2 on Amazon since its release and has received rave reviews : 'Twinkle Khanna's first collection of short fiction, features sensitive, humorous and eminently readable stories' says The Hindustan Times 'The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad, a collection of superbly crafted short stories by Twinkle Khanna, is as delightful as its author. Witty, elegantly crafted, with odd protagonists who don't understand the meaning of defeat, it is a triumph of the human spirit.' Daily O'Sprinkled with fine wit and represent great cultural commentary.' The Hindu
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Kraurya Kraurya (Kannada: ಕ್ರೌರ್ಯ ; English: "The Tale of a Storyteller" ) is a 1996 Indian Kannada language drama film directed by Girish Kasaravalli, based on a story written by T. N. Seetharam about an old woman who has to deal with complex relationships with people of different generations she is put up with. The title in Kannada literally means "cruelty". The cast includes Renukamma Murgod in the lead role as Rangajji, with supporting roles portrayed by Vishwas, H. G. Dattatreya and T. V. Gurumurthy.
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Hansa Wadkar Hansa Wadkar (1923–1971) was a Marathi and Hindi film and stage actress of Indian cinema. She started her acting career at the age of thirteen years, as a heroine in the bilingual film "Vijaychi Lagne" (1936). Wadkar went on to make a name for herself working in the reputable film companies like Bombay Talkies, Prabhat Film Company and National Studios. Her career defining role was in Vishnupant Damle's "Sant Sakhu" (1941) where she enacted the role of the female saint Sakhu. Her other memorable roles were in the Tamasha genre films like Lokshahir Ram Joshi (1947), termed as the "Classic Marathi Tamasha musical". "Sangtye Aika" (1959) was another of Marathi cinema's "best known Tamasha film" along with Ram Joshi. She thus acted in two of Marathi cinema's biggest hits "Lokshahir Ramjoshi" and "Sangtye Aika". The title "Sangtye Aika" (You Ask, I Tell) was used by Wadkar for her autobiography compiled in 1971. The autobiography was initially serialised in the Marathi magazine "Manoos" helped by journalist Arun Sadhu.
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Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari (; Perfected spelling: Syair Cerita Siti Akbari, Malay for "Poem on the Story of Siti Akbari"; also known as Siti Akbari ) is an 1884 Malay-language "syair" (poem) by Lie Kim Hok. Adapted indirectly from the "Sjair Abdoel Moeloek", it tells of a woman who passes as a man to free her husband from the Sultan of Hindustan, who had captured him in an assault on their kingdom.
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Sohni Mahiwal Sohni Mahiwal or Suhni Mehar (Punjabi: , ਸੋਹਣੀ ਮਹੀਂਵਾਲ; Sindhi: سهڻي ميهار‎ ) is one of the four popular tragic romances of Punjab. The others are Sassi Punnun, Mirza Sahiba, and Heer Ranjha. Sohni Mahiwal is a tragic love story which reverts the classical motif of Hero and Leader. The heroine Sohni, unhappily married to a man she despises, swims every night across the river using an earthenware pot to keep afloat in the water, to where her beloved Mehar herds buffaloes. One night her sister-in-law replaces the earthenware pot with a vessel of unbaked clay, which dissolves in water and she dies in the whirling waves of the river.
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Kamala Nehru Kamala Kaul Nehru (   ; 1 August 1899 – 28 February 1936) was a freedom fighter, wife of Jawaharlal Nehru (leader of the Indian National Congress and the Prime Minister of India), and the mother of Indira Gandhi, also another Prime Minister. Her grandson Rajiv Gandhi too was a Prime Minister of India for a term of 5 years. She was known to be deeply sincere, highly patriotic, a women's rights activist, serious minded and sensitive.
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M. K. Binodini Devi Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi (Hindi: महाराज कुमारी बिनोदिनी देवी ; 6 February 1922 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian writer from Manipur, a Southeast Himalayan state in North-east India and a member of the erstwhile royal family of Manipur. She was notable for bridging the two worlds of ancient royalty and modern art. Born as a princess into a palace life which she lovingly recalled in a series of late essays, she made her name in the wider world as a novelist and a writer of short stories, essays, plays and award-winning screenplays, lyrics and ballet scripts. She received the Padma Shri in 1976, one of India's highest civilian awards, followed by Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of letters) in 1979 for her novel "Boro Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi" (The Princess and the Political Agent) based on the true life story of a Manipuri princess, daughter of Maharaj Surchandra Singh. However, she returned the Padma Shri to protest the alleged rape and killing of Thangjam Manorama by 17 Assam Rifles personnel in 2004.
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Kusum Sawhney Kusum Lata Sawhney is a British-Indian author. She was born in the United Kingdom and she moved to India in 1989. She is the author of the novel "Kindred Spirits", published in 1995. The book is an account of women's sexuality, the changing Indian social scene, and the undercurrents that continue in a whirlpool of their own. Sawhney has written a collection of poems and worked as a journalist for "India Today".
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Dhanashree Halbe Dhanashree Halbe (Marathi: धनश्री हळबे )(born December 13, 1928) is a well-known Marathi writer. She is also a translator, poet and a writer for children's stories. She has written more than 15 books, hundreds of short stories and articles for various age groups. She has translated 10 books from Malayalam to Marathi. She has also contributed to the "Encyclopedia on Women's Literature in Indian Languages"("Bahratiya Stree Sahityacha Magova") and "Encyclopedia on Theatre"("Marathi Natya Kosh"). She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2000 for the translated novel "Awespchi Mule" (Malayalam novel by T.Shiva Shankar Pillai).
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Chandidas (film) Chandidas is a 1934 Hindi social drama film directed by Nitin Bose. The film was produced by New Theatres Calcutta and was their first big success. It was remake of the 1932 Bengali film of the same name directed by Debaki Bose. This 1934 Hindi version starred K. L. Saigal, Uma Sashi, Pahari Sanyal, Nawab and H. Siddiqui. The music direction was by R. C. Boral with the lyrics written by Agha Hashar Kashmiri. The credit roll of the film states that the film is "Based on the life problems of the poet Chandidas –A problem India has not been able to solve", which involved the caste schism in India. The story revolves around the 15th century poet-saint Chandidas who acts out against the deep-rooted bigotry against caste, untouchoubility and the hypocrisy of society, and a washer woman with whom he falls in love.