Women have often been a trouble-free target in a male-chauvinistic world over many centuries. They found themselves to be victims to injustice, viciousness and inhumanity throughout human history whenever there were local or global conflicts and wars. With respect to the notion of 'violence and abusive relationship', occurrences taking place within the four walls of the house and emerging as a global subject to manifest through text or media narratives across the world today. Furthermore, with the rise of feminist scholars in this field had extensively contributed to tackle the issue with more clarity. Besides, filmmakers aptly modelled their narrative through the patriarchal and toxic masculine perspectives where women have often been presented as silent sufferers over the mould. Simultaneously, some movie makers came up with the scenario of overthrowing the same institutions and belief-systems which are the gateway to atrocities in women's world. In addition, the recent twenty first century film narratives like Daman (2001), Lajja (2001), Provoked (2006), Videsh (2008), Parched (2015), Pink (2016), Lipstick under my Burkha (2016), Secret Superstar (2017), and Thappad (2020) are the best model to voice and to rebel against the abusive relationships, societal outrage, and multifarious brutal violence coming out of the old age traditions and customs. Thereupon, the present paper traces the abusive relationship and outrageous domestic assault in the women's life and its prevention through the Hindi Film narrative, Provoked (2006), directed by Jag Mundhra. It investigates how the protagonist, Kiran suffers within the institutions of marriage at the hands of her patriarchal husband and in the process how she breaks her silence, unintentionally killing her husband after going through ten years of mental, physical, emotional and brutal sexual abuse. Moreover, the paper aims at reading through the lens of Feminism as well, redefining Kiran's space and identity in the same patriarchal domain.
Research Scholar, P.G. Dept. of English, Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
