Andha Naal (That Day) is a 1954 Indian Tamil-language mystery-thriller
film, produced by A. V. Meiyappan and directed by S. Balachander
(pictured). It is the first film noir in Tamil cinema, and the first
Tamil film made without songs, dancing, or stunt sequences. It is set in
Madras during World War II; after a radio engineer Rajan (Sivaji
Ganesan) is killed, each suspect's account points to a new suspect. The
film developed from a play script that Balachander wrote, adapting the
narrative style of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon. The screenplay was written
by Javar Seetharaman, and cinematography was handled by S. Maruti Rao.
Released on 13 April 1954, the eve of Tamil New Year, the film was
initially a commercial failure, but it was re-released after winning a
Certificate of Merit in 1955 at the National Film Awards and became a
box-office success. In 2013, Andha Naal was included in CNN-News18's
list of the "100 Greatest Indian Films of All Time".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andha_Naal>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1829:
The Roman Catholic Relief Act received royal assent, removing
the most substantial restrictions on Catholics in the United Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Relief_Act_1829>
1943:
The Neoclassical Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., was
formally dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's
birth.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Memorial>
1976:
Forty people died in an explosion at an ammunition factory in
Lapua, Finland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapua_Cartridge_Factory_explosion>
1984:
Kashmir conflict: Indian forces launched a pre-emptive attack
on the disputed Siachen Glacier region of Kashmir, triggering a military
conflict with Pakistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siachen_conflict>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Department of Redundancy Department:
(humorous) A fictitious department that is cited to draw attention to
needless repetition or excessiveness.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Department_of_Redundancy_Department>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen,
I am accompanied with the esteem and approbation of my fellow citizens,
trophies obtained by the bloodstained steel, or the tattered flags of
the tented field, will never be envied. The care of human life and
happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate
object of good government.
--Thomas Jefferson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>