Aishwarya going extra miles to promote 'Provoked'

By Subhash K. Jha Sep 10, 2006, 12:53 GMT

Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Producer J. Murli Manohar, who plans to release Jagmohan Mundhra's 'Provoked' soon, is very pleased with his leading lady Aishwarya Rai.

'Even though Aishwarya is not dubbing for the Tamil and Telugu versions of the film, she'll dub the Hindi version for sure,' Manohar told IANS.

'She will come to London on Sep 18 to promote our film. Considering how busy she is, we're very lucky to get her down here to address the British media,' said Manohar.

He's extremely confident of Aishwarya's performance. She plays a Punjabi woman who kills her husband after being at the receiving end of constant mental and physical torture.

The film about domestic violence is based on true story.

'Whenever and wherever we've shown 'Provoked', audiences have unanimously agreed that this is Aishwarya's best performance to date.

'We could've released the film internationally first. But we wanted all the Indian versions to be ready simultaneously to beat piracy,' said Manohar who's currently shooting a Kannada love story in London with Dhyaan and Sharmila.

'It's the first Kannada film to be shot in England,' he said.

© 2006 Indo-Asian News Service