by Sujoy Ghosh. It stars Vidya Balan (pictured) as Vidya Bagchi, a
pregnant woman searching for her missing husband in Kolkata during the
festival of Durga Puja, assisted by Satyoki "Rana" Sinha (Parambrata
Chatterjee) and Khan (Nawazuddin Siddiqui). Made on a shoestring budget
of 80 million (US$1.3 million), Kahaani was conceived and developed by
Ghosh, who co-wrote the film with Advaita Kala. The crew often employed
guerrilla-filmmaking techniques on Kolkata's city streets to avoid
attracting attention. The film was noted for avoiding the usual
Bollywood tropes of Kolkata culture and for using many local crew and
cast members. Kahaani explores themes of feminism and motherhood in
male-dominated Indian society. The film also makes allusions to Satyajit
Ray's films such as Charulata (1964) and Aranyer Dinratri (1970).
Kahaani was released worldwide on 9 March 2012. Critics praised the
screenplay, the cinematography and the performances of the lead actors.
Critical acclaim and word-of-mouth publicity helped the film earn 1.04
billion (US$16 million) worldwide, and it won several awards.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahaani>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1009:
The first known record of the name of Lithuania appeared in an
entry in the annals of the Quedlinburg Abbey (in modern Germany).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Lithuania>
1776:
The Wealth of Nations by Scottish political economist Adam
Smith (bust pictured) was first published, becoming the first modern
work in the field of economics.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations>
1842:
Nabucco, an opera by Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Verdi
that established his reputation as a composer, premiered at the Teatro
alla Scala in Milan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabucco>
1915:
The Panama–California Exposition opened in San Diego's Balboa
Park, celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93California_Exposition>
1925:
The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign
against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South
Waziristan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink%27s_War>
1945:
World War II: A bomb raid on Tokyo by American B-29 heavy
bombers started a firestorm, killing over 100,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
win-win:
Of a situation or outcome that benefits two parties, or that has two
distinct benefits.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/win-win>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Of course I have no right whatsoever to write down the truth
about my life involving as it naturally does the lives of so many other
people, but I do so urged by a necessity of truth-telling, because there
is no living soul who knows the complete truth; here, may be one who
knows a section; and there, one who knows another section: but to the
whole picture not one is initiated.
--Vita Sackville-West
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West>
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