India Synopsis
Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Provoked: A True Story. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2006–2008 India Window
Provoked: A True Story holds position #62 of 151 India films in the 2006–2008 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Provoked: A True Story premiered alongside 52 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 52 other India films in 2007.
The 588th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
18 audience reviews — more than 44% of India films in our index.
Popularity (61th percentile) outruns review volume (44th) — a trending, discussed title among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Provoked: A True Story, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- arranged marriage · 27
- england · 21
- london · 17
- domestic violence · 10
- abuse · 7
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #977 of 1,983 India films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among India Drama productions specifically: #639 of 1,132 (top 56%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United Kingdom, India |
| Original Language | En |
| Runtime | 1h 27m |
| Release Date | April 6, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt0458072 |