Provoked (film)

Provoked
Directed by	Jag Mundhra
Written by	Carl Austin Rahila Gupta
Produced by	Sunanda Murali Manohar
Starring	Aishwarya Rai Robbie Coltrane Miranda Richardson Naveen Andrews
Cinematography	Madhu Ambat
Edited by	Sanjeev Mirajkar
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Distributed by	Private Moments Ltd
Release dates	14 June 2006 (2006-06-14) (International Indian Film Academy Festival) 6 April 2007 (2007-04-06) (United Kingdom)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	₹120 million (INR)
Box office	₹240,000,000(INR) or US$3,078,709 (INT)[1]

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 unintentionally killed her abusive husband.

Cinematography for the film was handled by Madhu Ambat. The film's score and soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman, and the theme song for the film, Alive, was composed by Rahman and sung by Karen David, who has a small cameo in the film. Shot in London, the film was released theatrically in April 2007.