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Aishwarya Rai cast in Provoked
By James Wray May 14, 2005, 19:56 GMT
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The movie is based on Kiranjit Ahluwalia's autobiography |
The true story of a Punjabi woman named Kiranjit Ahluwalia (Rai) who left India to marry a London-based man (Andrews), only to be badly abused. She ended up in prison for murdering her abusive husband after setting him on fire, though was later released after a retrial.
The Hollywood Reporter says Rai will join Nandita Das, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews, Robbie Coltrane and Rebecca Pidgeon who are already signed up.
Richardson will play the fellow inmate who helped Ahluwalia during her time in prison, Coltrane will play the barister during the retrial with Pidgeon cast as a lawyer.
The film has been adapted from Circle of Light: The Autobiography of Kiranjit Ahluwalia.
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