Bollywood is hoping to give thousands of battered women in India the courage to speak out through a new film on domestic violence.
"Mittal vs Mittal" narrates the story of a young woman -- regularly beaten by her in-laws and raped by her husband -- who fights back in a traditionally patriarchal society where it is still uncommon for wives to speak out against their husbands.
"It is the story of a girl who falls in love with a charming gentleman and marries him only to find his other self," said Rituparna Sengupta who plays the abused woman in the film.
According to a study by the United Nations, more than 60 percent of married women, aged between 15 and 49, are victims of beating, rape or forced sex by their husbands.
Last year, India for the first time formally recognised abuse in the home as a crime and introduced a new law to protect millions of women.
"The film calls on women to speak out and report if they are being subjected to domestic violence and not hide the abuse fearing what the society would say," said Sengupta.
"Mittal vs Mittal" is currently being shot and is due to be released in early 2008.
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"Mittal vs Mittal" narrates the story of a young woman -- regularly beaten by her in-laws and raped by her husband -- who fights back in a traditionally patriarchal society where it is still uncommon for wives to speak out against their husbands.
"It is the story of a girl who falls in love with a charming gentleman and marries him only to find his other self," said Rituparna Sengupta who plays the abused woman in the film.
According to a study by the United Nations, more than 60 percent of married women, aged between 15 and 49, are victims of beating, rape or forced sex by their husbands.
Last year, India for the first time formally recognised abuse in the home as a crime and introduced a new law to protect millions of women.
"The film calls on women to speak out and report if they are being subjected to domestic violence and not hide the abuse fearing what the society would say," said Sengupta.
"Mittal vs Mittal" is currently being shot and is due to be released in early 2008.
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