Nil Battey Sannata (Hindi slang for 'Good for Nothing') is a 2015 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (pictured) in her feature debut. Produced by Aanand L. Rai, Ajay Rai, and Alan McAlex, the film was co-written by Iyer, Neeraj Singh, Pranjal Choudhary, and Nitesh Tiwari. Swara Bhaskar starred as Chanda Sahay, a high-school drop-out household maid and the single mother of a sullen young girl named Apeksha, played by Ria Shukla. The film's theme is a person's right to change their life, irrespective of social status. The film garnered critical acclaim for its realistic narrative and its cast, especially Bhaskar. In 2017 Iyer won the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director; Screen Awards went to Bhaskar for Best Actress (Critics) and to Shukla for Best Child Artist. The film totalled around ₹69 million (US$830,000) at the box office. It was remade in Tamil as Amma Kanakku and in Malayalam as Udaharanam Sujatha.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1924:

A private senator's bill by Herbert Payne to introduce compulsory voting in Australia became law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Payne

1954:

A team of Italian climbers became the first to reach the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Italian_expedition_to_K2

1964:

The space probe Ranger 7 captured thousands of close-up photographs of the Moon (example pictured) over its final minutes of flight and transmitted them to Earth before crashing on the lunar surface. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_7

2014:

Gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, killed 32 people and injured 321 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Kaohsiung_gas_explosions

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

summit: 1. The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak. 2. The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature. 3. (mathematics) A vertex of a polygon or polyhedron. 4. (nautical, rail transport, road transport) The highest point of a canal, railway, road, etc. 5. (obsolete) 6. (botany) Synonym of anther (“the pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower”); also (rare), synonym of stigma (“the sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination”) 7. (crystallography, rare) One of the two vertices of a crystal with a rhombohedral shape where the angles of each face are equal; also, the highest point of a crystal with a pyramidal or tetrahedral shape. 8. (figurative) 9. The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle. 10. (politics) 11. (archaic) The highest level of political leadership. 12. (by extension) An assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance; also (loosely), an important or high-level gathering or meeting. 13. (transitive, climbing, informal) To reach the summit (noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain). 14. (intransitive) 15. (climbing, informal) To reach the summit of a mountain. 16. (politics) To attend a summit (noun sense 2.2.2). [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/summit

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.   --Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher%27s_Stone