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Kahaani

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 9, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 15:13, 16 February 2015 (UTC)



Kahaani is a 2012 Indian mystery thriller film directed and co-produced 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 inr 80000000, Kahaani was conceived and developed by Ghosh, who co-wrote the film with Advaita Kala. Shot in Kolkata, the crew often employed guerrilla-filmmaking techniques on the city's streets to avoid attracting attention. The film was noted for its deft portrayal of the city and for making use of many local crew and cast members. Kahaani explores themes of feminism and motherhood in male-dominated Indian society. The film also makes several 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. Due to critical acclaim and word-of-mouth publicity, the film became a sleeper hit, earning inr 1040000000 worldwide, and won several awards.
 * Most recent similar article(s): The last Indian film to feature was Sholay on 8 March 2014.
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 * Promoted: 15 June 2013
 * Reasons for nomination: Third release anniversary
 * Support as nominator. KRIMUK  90   ✉  04:00, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. Non-Western media to counter over abundance of English language media pages. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 11:14, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 11:24, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support very thorough article Snuggums (talk / edits) 22:17, 13 February 2015 (UTC)