What did an Indian woman do,who came to international attention, that had a 2006 British biographical drama film, directed by Jag Mundhra made about her?
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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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Mirabehn Madeleine Slade (Mirabehn) (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982), daughter of the British Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond Slade, was a British woman who left her home in Britain to live and work with Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of the Indian Independence Movement. She devoted her life to human development, the advancement of Gandhi's principles
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Mata (film) Mata (Kannada: ಮಠ ; English: Mutt or monastery ) is a 2006 Kannada cult film written and directed by debutant director Guruprasad. It has an ensemble cast starring Navarasa Nayaka Jaggesh, Vaijanath Biradar, Mandya Ramesh and others. The director himself had a cameo in the movie. Mata is a black comedy. The movie primarily revolves around the events that occur within a contemporary matha/mutts, which are revered as one of the most sacred institutions in India. The movie beautifully depicts that enlightenment is only possible if emotions like anger, lust, desire, etc. are overcome. With this movie, Guruprasad rose to fame in the industry.
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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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I See You (film) I See You is a 2006 Bollywood romance film directed by Vivek Agrawal and produced by Mehr Jesia. The film stars Arjun Rampal and introducing Vipasha Agarwal in lead roles. Chunky Pandey, Sonali Kulkarni, Sophie Chaudhary, Boman Irani and Kirron Kher are featured in supporting roles. The film is released on 29 December 2006. It was filmed in London. The movie is based on the novel "If Only It Were True" ("Et si c'était vrai...") by Marc Levy. It also has elements from the Malayalam film "Vismayathumbathu", and from the 2005 Hollywood chick-flick "Just Like Heaven", which were both also based on the same novel.
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Meghla Akash Public consciousness based the films special appearance Indian actress Shabana Azmi
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Jennifer Kendal Jennifer Kapoor (née Kendal, 28 February 1933 – 7 September 1984) was an English actress and the founder of the Prithvi Theatre. She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the 1981 film "36 Chowringhee Lane". Her other film appearances included "Bombay Talkie" (1970), "Junoon" (1978), "Heat and Dust" (1983), and "Ghare Baire" (1984).
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Vishkanya (1991 film) Vishkanya is a Hindi action fantasy film of Bollywood, directed by Jag Mundhra and produced by Salila Parida. This is the debut movie of Indian actress, model Pooja Bedi. This film was released in 1991.
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Rukhsana Sultana Rukshana Sultana is an Indian socialite known for being one of Sanjay Gandhi's close associates during the state of Emergency in India between 1975 and 1977. During this period she gained notoriety for leading Sanjay Gandhi's sterilisation campaign in Muslim areas of old Delhi,
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Sri Ramadasu Sri Ramadasu is 2006 Telugu biographical film, based on the life of "Kancharla Gopanna", produced by Konda Krishnam Raju on Aditya Movies banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sneha, Suman in the lead roles and music was composed by M. M. Keeravani.
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Mukhamariyaathe Mukhamariyaathe is a 2006 Indian Malayalam film directed by P Rajasekharan.
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Shreela Ghosh Shreela Ghosh (born 25 September 1962 in Assam, India), a former dancer, actress and reporter, became publicly known in the United Kingdom when she was cast as Naima Jeffery in 1985, one of the original characters in BBC's soap opera, "EastEnders". She has since given up performing to work as an arts executive. She was the first programme director for Arts and Heritage at the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, and went on to become the Deputy Director for the Institute of International Visual Arts (InIVA). She now is the Director of the Free Word Centre.
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Gangster (2006 film) Gangster is a 2006 Indian romantic crime film that premiered on 28 April. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut and Shiney Ahuja. The plot is that of a bar girl who falls in love with two people, one a layman and the other a gangster. The music is composed by Pritam. The film was rumoured to be based on the life of mobster Abu Salem and former actress Monica Bedi, but the director Anurag Basu said that it is not based upon any real characters or incidents. "Gangster" was a hit at the box office. The movie is debut of actress Kangana Ranaut.
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Bidushi Dash Barde Bidushi Dash Barde ( 1989 – October 2012) was an Indian film actress and model based in Mumbai. She was second runner-up in the 2006 Miss Chennai beauty pageant. She had appeared in a few Tamil films, including the 2006 crime-thriller "Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu". The 23-year-old was found dead in her Andheri (West) apartment on 22 October 2012. Her death, caused by excessive bleeding, is the subject of a murder investigation.
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Rakhi (2006 film) Rakhi is a Telugu vigilante-drama thriller film directed by Krishna Vamsi and has Jr. NTR in the lead role and Ileana D'Cruz and Charmme Kaur in supporting roles. This film released on 22 December 2006 with 250 prints.It is also dubbed in tamil as raakhi. The movie got a very good response but wasn't commercially successful even though it got good critical reviews and acclaim. Jr. NTR tried his luck with women Sentiment. It was dubbed into Hindi as "The Return of Kalia".
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Priya Gill Priya Gill is an Indian actress. She appeared in films between 1996 and 2006. She appeared mainly in Hindi films, along with a film each in Punjabi (Jee Ayaan Nu (2002)), Malayalam, Tamil, Bhojpuri and two movies in Telugu. She was second runner-up in Miss India 1995.
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Saudagar (1973 film) Saudagar is a 1973 Bollywood drama film, directed by Sudhendu Roy, and based on Bengali story, "Ras" by Narendranath Mitra. It stars Nutan Behl as Mijuben and Amitabh Bachchan as Moti, in the leading roles. It also featured Trilok Kapoor, Padma Khanna as Phoolbanu. Murad, Leela Mishra as (Badi Bhi), Dev Kishan, Jugnu; V. Gopal are also featured in the film. Though the film didn't do well commercially, it was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but didn't receive a nomination.
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Manorama (Hindi actress) Manorama (16 August 1926 – 15 February 2008) was a Bollywood character actress known best for her role as the comical tyrant aunt in "Seeta Aur Geeta" (1972) and film like "Ek Phool Do Maali" (1969) and "Do Kaliyaan" (1968). She started her career as a child artiste in 1936 in Lahore, under the name Baby Iris. Thereafter she made her debut as in adult actress in 1941 to her final role in "Water" in 2005, her career extending over 60 years. Through her career she acted in over 160 films. After playing heroine roles in the early 1940s she settled into playing villainous or comic roles. She played comic roles in superhit films such as "Half Ticket" appearing alongside Kishore Kumar and the legendary Madhubala. She gave memorable performances in "Dus Lakh", "Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje", "Mujhe Jeene Do", "Mehboob ki Menhdi", "Caravan", "Bombay to Goa" and "Lawaris".
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Rhea Pillai Rhea Pillai is an Indian model known for her works in television and advertising. In 2003, she was honored as the "Woman of the Year", along with Raveena Tandon, Anoushka Shankar and Ritu Beri, on International Women's Day. The event was promoted by "Indiatimes", Asmi Diamonds and the Indian Television Academy. Pillai's award was for social services. In 2006, she had a minor screen role in the Hindi movie "Corporate". Pillai is involved in the Art of Living Foundation.
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Ankahee (2006 film) Ankahee (Hindi: अनकही, Urdu: انکہی, English: "Untold") is an Indian film directed by Vikram Bhatt and starring Aftab Shivdasani, Ameesha Patel and Esha Deol. The film was originally titled "Aakhir". This movie was based upon the life of former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen, who was publicly in a relationship with Indian film director Vikram Bhatt. The director later denied the facts, but the movie evolves around the same story.
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Nagma Nagma (Born Nandita Arvind Morarji on 25 December 1974) is an Indian actress. She is better known for her roles in Telugu and Tamil movies like "Killer", "Gharana Mogudu", "Kadhalan", "Baashha" and many others. She began her acting career in Bollywood and acted in a few of the biggest Bollywood movies and in other languages. Nagma has acted in a broad range of India's languages: Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, and Marathi.