Kangana Ranaut (born 1987) is an Indian film actress. She has
established a career in Bollywood, and is the recipient of a National
Film Award and three Filmfare Awards. She was born in Bhambla, a small
town in Himachal Pradesh. Adamant to build her own career path, she
relocated to Delhi at age sixteen, where she briefly became a model.
After training under the theatre director Arvind Gaur, she made her film
debut in the 2006 thriller Gangster. She received praise for portraying
emotionally intense characters in the dramas Woh Lamhe (2006), Life in
a... Metro (2007) and Fashion (2008). For the last of these, she won the
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Ranaut featured in the
successful films Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009) and Once Upon a Time
in Mumbaai (2010), though she was criticised for being typecast in
neurotic roles. A comic role opposite R. Madhavan in Tanu Weds Manu
(2011) was well-received, though this was followed by brief roles in
unsuccessful films. She then played a mutant in the science fiction film
Krrish 3 (2013), one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films, and won
the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Queen (2014).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangana_Ranaut>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1775:
American Revolution: Patrick Henry made his "Give me liberty,
or give me death!" speech to the House of Burgesses of Virginia, urging
military action against the British Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_liberty,_or_give_me_death!>
1889:
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (pictured), founded the Ahmadiyya Islamic
religious movement in British India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya>
1905:
About 1,500 Cretans, led by Eleftherios Venizelos, met at the
village of Theriso to call for the island's unification with Greece,
beginning the Theriso revolt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theriso_revolt>
1940:
Pakistan Movement: During its three-day general session, the
Muslim League drafted the Lahore Resolution, calling for greater
autonomy in British India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore_Resolution>
2005:
A fire and explosion at the third-largest oil refinery in the
United States killed 15 workers and kicked off process safety programs
throughout the world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Refinery_explosion>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
escapade:
A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against
convention.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/escapade>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about
themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing. This
script portrays such human beings — the kind who cannot survive
without lies to make them feel they are better people than they really
are. It even shows this sinful need for flattering falsehood going
beyond the grave — even the character who dies cannot give up his lies
when he speaks to the living through a medium. Egoism is a sin the human
being carries with him from birth; it is the most difficult to redeem.
on
--Rashomon
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rashomon>