Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 93. Chapters: 7 Khoon Maaf, Bandit Queen, Biwi No.1, Chak De! India, Chandni Bar, Charulata, Chokher Bali (film), Daman (film), Devdas (2002 film), Devi (1960 film), Dor (film), Fashion (film), Fire (1996 film), Fiza, Gaja Gamini, Ghare Baire (film), Ishqiya, Kahaani, Lajja (film), List of Indian film actresses, Log Kya Kahenge, Magalir Mattum, Mahanagar, Maya (film), Mirch Masala, Mother India, No One Killed Jessica, Parineeta (1942 film), Parineeta (1953 film), Parineeta (1969 film), Parineeta (2005 film), Rihaee (1988 film), Rudaali, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Shakti: The Power, Snegithiye, Teen Kanya, The Courtesans of Bombay, The Dirty Picture, Vanaja (film), Water (2005 film), Woh Chokri, Woman by Woman: New Hope for the Villages of India (film), Yeh Mera India, Zubeidaa. Excerpt: Kahaani (IPA: English: Story) is a 2012 Indian thriller film directed, co-written and co-produced by Sujoy Ghosh. The film features Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles. Balan portrays the role of Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman in search of her missing husband in the city of Kolkata during the Durga Puja festivities, who is helped in her quest by Satyaki "Rana" Sinha (Chatterjee) and Khan (Siddiqui). Made on a shoestring budget of, Kahaani was developed by writer Advaita Kala, based on the initial idea from Ghosh. The film explores themes of feminism and motherhood in a male-dominated Indian society. Filming took place on the streets of Kolkata with Ghosh employing the art of guerrilla filmmaking to avoid unwanted attention. Ghosh admitted to using several allusions to Satyajit Ray's films such as Charulata (1964) and Aranyer Dinratri (1970). Additionally, critics compared the twist ending of the plot to the Hollywood film Taking Lives (2004). The film was noted for a deft...