Since it was based on a true story (I remember the case in the media) I really thought that the movie would have been really great. The subject matter had so much potential. Maybe it was the direction of the movie but I did not get the severity of the attacks by the husband to warrant the wife's actions. They also could have delved a little more into both the husband's the wife's character. I'm not really familiar with Aishwarya Rai's work but we've all seen Naveen Andrews in Lost and other works and I know that he is a good actor but I don't think his talents were utilized well. More could have definitely been done with this movie.

Okie let me come straight to the point. I have read a lot of reviews where all people have talked about is what Aishwarya Rai did in the movie. For me any modern day actress could have pulled it off as good as she did or may be even better. It is the shock value that worked for many as they did not see it coming (read Aishwarya minus the plastic glam). If I was Naveen Andrews I would have been kicking myself for doing this movie. He is way too talented and looked like doing a favour to the makers by accepting the role.The story had all the ingredients of becoming an earth shattering revolutionary drama. What instead it ended up being is neither a documentary nor a drama. It is true that the makers wanted to stick to the truth and do justice to the book (I have not read it). While trying to achieve that they forgot what viewers were there for. There was no soul behind any scene. No character development. I could not connect to Kiranjit's pain. Art direction looked dated. Dialogues esp. in the courtroom and jail scenes sounded very amateurish.It had possibly the worst ending with the protagonist looking straight into the camera and delivering a preachy speech. That is the last thing the enterprise needed. Overall a below average product which leaves an awkward taste that one usually gets after biting into any half baked stale food.

this movie had a heap of potential...that wasn't met. the story in its self is a seller but its execution was pathetic. instead of feeling sorry for kiran and considering her actions revoulutionary i walked out thinking that this movie was promoting murder over telling someone e.g. police. i feel this may have had o do with the fact that ash as pretty as she is isn't capable of getting in the skin of a character and making you feel with the character. i walked out considering kiran a weak woman when she probably wasn't in reality. kiran was a Punjabi girl and she was going to be a lawyer, she was obviously educated and intelligent so why portray her as so backward ?? only one scene really portrayed the kind of person kiran was (the scene before he threw her down the stairs) she told him what she felt. the personality of that scene should have been carried through the entire movie...but it wasn't. 5/10 purely for the story & the little effort

Absoluetly poor interpretation of a possible great story. Once again Aishwarya Rai fails to give a performance or director fails to get out the performance from her -whichever.Screenplay is flawed and forced. The film attempts to exploit the naiveness of Occidental audience about the subject to shake down some emotion. We are emotionally blackmailed by words like "true story" more and more in recent times. However PROVOKED fails to bring up standards of Indian Diaspora Cinema neither it is bollywood nor Hollywood.Slickness of production can not replace the story or soul of a film. It is real pity -the film needed a great scriptwriter & great director. It is high time Aishwarya Rai finds a soul-mate in some great filmmaker because she is talented and beautiful.I would avoid spending any bucks on this movie... sorry.