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| name = Saudagar |
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| director = [[Sudhendu Roy]] |
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| name = Saudagar |
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| producer = Tarachand Barjatya<br>[[Subhash Ghai]] |
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| image = Saudagar, 1973 Hindi film poster.jpg |
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| associate producer = Ajit Kumar Barjatya, Kamal Kumar Barjatya, Rajkumar Barjatya |
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| caption = Theatrical release poster |
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| writer =[[Narendranath Mitra]] (story)<br>[[Sudhendu Roy]] (screenplay)<br> |
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| director = [[Sudhendu Roy]] |
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| starring =[[Nutan]]<br />[[Amitabh Bachchan]]<br />[[Padma Khanna]] |
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| producer = [[Tarachand Barjatya]] |
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| music =Ravindra Jain |
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| story = {{based on|''Ras''|[[Narendranath Mitra]]}} |
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| cinematography = Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay |
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| writer = [[Sudhendu Roy]] (screenplay)<br/>P.L. Santoshi (dialogues)<ref name=hindu13/> |
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| editing =Mukhtar Ahmed |
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| starring = [[Nutan]]<br />[[Amitabh Bachchan]]<br />[[Padma Khanna]] |
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| released = 1973 (India) |
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| music = [[Ravindra Jain]] |
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| runtime = 213 min |
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| cinematography = Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay |
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| editing = Mukhtar Ahmed |
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| budget = |
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| studio = [[Rajshri Productions]] |
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| released = {{film date|df=y|1973|09|14}} |
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| runtime = 131 minutes |
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| country = India |
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| language = Hindi |
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'''''Saudagar''''' is a 1973 [[Bollywood]] [[drama film]], directed by [[Sudhendu Roy]] and based on the Bengali story, ''Ras'', by [[Narendranath Mitra]].<ref name="hindu13">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/saudagar-1973/article4294643.ece|title=Saudagar (1973)|date=10 January 2013|access-date=17 March 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|archive-date=24 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224230431/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/saudagar-1973/article4294643.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema |author=Gulzar |author-link=Gulzar |author2=Govind Nihalani |author3=Saibal Chatterjee |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=2003 |isbn=81-7991-066-0 |page=337 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Sahib+Bibi+Aur+Golam+Bimal+Mitra+%28novel%29&pg=PT361 |access-date=26 March 2021 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830112602/https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Sahib+Bibi+Aur+Golam+Bimal+Mitra+%28novel%29&pg=PT361 |url-status=live }}</ref> It stars [[Nutan Behl|Nutan]] as Mahzubeen and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Moti, in the leading roles. It also featured [[Trilok Kapoor]] and [[Padma Khanna]] as Phoolbanu. Murad, [[Leela Mishra]] as (Badi Bhi), Dev Kishan, Jugnu and V. Gopal are also featured in the film. Though the film didn't do well commercially,<ref name="hindu13" /> it was selected as the Indian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[46th Academy Awards]], but didn't receive a nomination.<ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Unnati |date=20 February 2022 |title=Amitabh Bachchan and Nutan’s Saudagar showed how women’s labour is taken for granted |url=https://theprint.in/feature/reel-take/amitabh-bachchan-and-nutans-saudagar-showed-how-womens-labour-is-taken-for-granted/838478/ |work=[[ThePrint]] |access-date=7 August 2024 |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807193907/https://theprint.in/feature/reel-take/amitabh-bachchan-and-nutans-saudagar-showed-how-womens-labour-is-taken-for-granted/838478/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
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'''''Saudagar''''' ([[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]]: ( سوداگر ) [[Indian English|translation]]: ''Trader'') is a 1973 [[Bollywood]] film, directed by [[Sudhendu Roy]]. It stars [[Nutan Behl]] as Mijuben and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Moti, in the leading roles. It also featured Trilok Kapoor, [[Padma Khanna]] as Phoolbanu. Murad, Leela Mishra as (Badi Bhi), Dev Kishan, Jugnu; V. Gopal are also featured in the movie. |
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Moti is a "[[Jaggery|gur]]" (unrefined concentrated date palm juice) trader who trades in the seasonal gur made of "[[Khajur]]" (date-palm). During the offseason, he meets a girl, Phoolbanu, and falls in love with her. Moti approaches Phoolbanu's father, who asks for [[Mahr|mehar]] ([[bride price]]), which he does not have. |
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Majubee, a widow who is Moti's business associate, prepares the gur for him to sell. Her gur (and consequently Moti's) is very famous and people always prefer to buy from Moti. Moti decides to marry Majubee so that he does not have to pay her, and hence can save more and sooner. Majubee, unaware of Moti's ulterior motive, is first surprised by the proposal, but later accepts it. At the end of the season, Moti saves enough for the meher and divorces Majubee. |
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This film is not to be confused with another [[Saudagar (1991 film)]]. |
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This incident shocks Majubee and people of the community. Moti meets Phoolbanu's father and asks again for his daughter's hand. Satisfied with the meher, he marries off his daughter (Phoolbanu) to Moti. All is fine till the Gur season arrives. Phoolbanu is terrible at making Gur, and Moti's customers stop buying from his shop. Meanwhile, a fish trader (Majhi) asks Majubee to marry him. He is honest with her, explaining that he has small children and wants Majubee to look after them. He always treats her with courtesy. |
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==Plot== |
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It is almost the end of the gur season, and Moti does not make a good profit that year. One day Phoolbanu making the gur leaves in between to take bath when Moti arrives and sees the gur has been burnt. He badly beats Phoolbanu with a stick. Now he is finally left with no other option than to request Majubee to make a few vats of Gur for him to sell. He takes two cans of date-nectar and approaches Majubee at her husband's house to request her to make him some Gur to sell. He is followed by Phoolbanu. At first, Majubee is very angry upon seeing Moti, but she understands that he is in a pitiful condition and is indirectly begging for her forgiveness. She also sees Phoolbanu listening to everything from behind a fence. As the eyes of the two ladies meet, they start weeping and hug each other affectionately. |
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A Sugar Trader (Moti), was preparing Sugar(Gud) of Date(Khajur). In between the business, he saw a girl Phoolbanu, and fell in the Love. and then he tried to find her by hook or crook. Moti Approached to the Dad of PhoolBanu, who asked for mehar(Dowry amount). Latter Moti comes back started saving money for mehar. |
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Mejuben was a widow lady, she was very expert and very famous for Sugar making. She was living alone in a hut. |
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Moti went to her and proposed her to get marry. Mejuben got surprised and latter she accepted. They started living together working very hard for sugar. As soon as Moti saved mehar amount, he simply divorced Mejuben, |
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*[[Nutan Behl|Nutan]] as Majubee "Maju", Moti's former wife. |
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This is the incident which shocked the people, Mejuben again become alone and later Moti went to meet Phoolbanu's dad and ask for the daughter. As per condition her dad got the Mehar and he married of her daugheter(Phoolbanu) with Moti. |
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*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Motallib a.k.a Moti |
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After that they was happy in the initials, but latter she was no good in suger making, then Moti's reputation was getting debased in the sugar market, Day by day his selling was reduced. and finally people stopped buying from his shop. and then Moti was very sad and angrily send the Phoolbanu to his peers place. |
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*[[Trilok Kapoor]] as Nadeer |
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In between, one fish trader(Majhi), asked Mejuben to marry. as he has kids, so that mejuben can look after them. Here Moti wanted to rejuvenate his image in the market. he has no option other than requesting to Mejuben for favor. then he took some nectar of date(palm) and asked Mejuben please cook this nectar and give me. At least once I want to sell this in market just to show the people. Mejuben was very angry and scolded him, and refused to do so. But her husband requested ok do once latter don't do anything. So she did. |
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*[[Padma Khanna]] as Phoolbanu "Phool jaan" |
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*[[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Sheikh |
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*[[Leela Mishra]] as Badi Bhi |
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*Dev Kishan as Waheed Bhaijan, Razak's elder brother |
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*Jugnu as Usman |
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*V. Gopal as Gafoor |
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*[[C.S. Dubey]] as Banerjee |
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* Yunus Bihari as buyer |
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* H.L. Pardesi as Sikandar |
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* Paro as Khaala |
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* Habiba Rehman as village girl |
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* Narbada Shankar as Mallik babu |
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* Shriram Shastri as Sadan babu |
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* Suraiya as villager |
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==Music== |
==Music== |
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The music for the film was composed by the versatile composer Late [[Ravindra Jain]]. Lyrics were also by Ravindra Jain. He composed several memorable songs for the movie, notably: |
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#"Sajana Hain Mujhe Sajna Ke Liye" - [[Asha Bhosle]] |
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#"Kyon Laayo Sainya Paan" - Asha Bhosle |
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#"Husn Hain Ya Koi Qayamat Hain" - [[Mohammed Rafi]], Aarti Mukherji |
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#"Har Haseen Cheez Ka" - [[Kishore Kumar]] |
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#"Door Hain Kinara" - [[Manna Dey]] |
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#"Tera Mera Saath Rahe" - [[Lata Mangeshkar]] |
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#"Main hoon Phool Banu" - Lata Mangeshkar |
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==See also== |
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The music for the film was composed by the legendary duo of [[Ravindra Jain]]. The trio produced several memorable songs for the movie, notably ''Sajana hai Mujhe Sajna Ke liye''& ''Kyon Laayo Sainya Paan'' by Asha Bhosle, ''Har hansi cheej ka'' by Kishore Kumar, ''Door hai kinara'' by Manna Dey and ''Tera Mera Saath Rahe'' by Lata Mangeshakar. |
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* [[List of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]] |
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* [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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*[[Nutan]] ... Mahjubhi |
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*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] ... Moti |
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*[[Trilok Kapoor]] |
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*[[Padma Khanna]] ... Phoolbanu |
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*[[Murad]] |
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*[[Leela Mishra]] ... Badi Bhi |
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*[[Dev Kishan]] |
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*[[Jugnu]] |
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*[[V. Gopal]] |
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*[[C.S. Dubey]] |
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{{Indian submission for Academy Awards}} |
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Latest revision as of 19:39, 7 August 2024
| Saudagar | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Sudhendu Roy |
| Written by | Sudhendu Roy (screenplay) P.L. Santoshi (dialogues)[1] |
| Story by | Ras by Narendranath Mitra |
| Produced by | Tarachand Barjatya |
| Starring | Nutan Amitabh Bachchan Padma Khanna |
| Cinematography | Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay |
| Edited by | Mukhtar Ahmed |
| Music by | Ravindra Jain |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Saudagar is a 1973 Bollywood drama film, directed by Sudhendu Roy and based on the Bengali story, Ras, by Narendranath Mitra.[1][2] It stars Nutan as Mahzubeen and Amitabh Bachchan as Moti, in the leading roles. It also featured Trilok Kapoor and Padma Khanna as Phoolbanu. Murad, Leela Mishra as (Badi Bhi), Dev Kishan, Jugnu and V. Gopal are also featured in the film. Though the film didn't do well commercially,[1] it was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but didn't receive a nomination.[3][4]
Plot
[edit]Moti is a "gur" (unrefined concentrated date palm juice) trader who trades in the seasonal gur made of "Khajur" (date-palm). During the offseason, he meets a girl, Phoolbanu, and falls in love with her. Moti approaches Phoolbanu's father, who asks for mehar (bride price), which he does not have.
Majubee, a widow who is Moti's business associate, prepares the gur for him to sell. Her gur (and consequently Moti's) is very famous and people always prefer to buy from Moti. Moti decides to marry Majubee so that he does not have to pay her, and hence can save more and sooner. Majubee, unaware of Moti's ulterior motive, is first surprised by the proposal, but later accepts it. At the end of the season, Moti saves enough for the meher and divorces Majubee.
This incident shocks Majubee and people of the community. Moti meets Phoolbanu's father and asks again for his daughter's hand. Satisfied with the meher, he marries off his daughter (Phoolbanu) to Moti. All is fine till the Gur season arrives. Phoolbanu is terrible at making Gur, and Moti's customers stop buying from his shop. Meanwhile, a fish trader (Majhi) asks Majubee to marry him. He is honest with her, explaining that he has small children and wants Majubee to look after them. He always treats her with courtesy.
It is almost the end of the gur season, and Moti does not make a good profit that year. One day Phoolbanu making the gur leaves in between to take bath when Moti arrives and sees the gur has been burnt. He badly beats Phoolbanu with a stick. Now he is finally left with no other option than to request Majubee to make a few vats of Gur for him to sell. He takes two cans of date-nectar and approaches Majubee at her husband's house to request her to make him some Gur to sell. He is followed by Phoolbanu. At first, Majubee is very angry upon seeing Moti, but she understands that he is in a pitiful condition and is indirectly begging for her forgiveness. She also sees Phoolbanu listening to everything from behind a fence. As the eyes of the two ladies meet, they start weeping and hug each other affectionately.
Cast
[edit]- Nutan as Majubee "Maju", Moti's former wife.
- Amitabh Bachchan as Motallib a.k.a Moti
- Trilok Kapoor as Nadeer
- Padma Khanna as Phoolbanu "Phool jaan"
- Murad as Sheikh
- Leela Mishra as Badi Bhi
- Dev Kishan as Waheed Bhaijan, Razak's elder brother
- Jugnu as Usman
- V. Gopal as Gafoor
- C.S. Dubey as Banerjee
- Yunus Bihari as buyer
- H.L. Pardesi as Sikandar
- Paro as Khaala
- Habiba Rehman as village girl
- Narbada Shankar as Mallik babu
- Shriram Shastri as Sadan babu
- Suraiya as villager
Music
[edit]The music for the film was composed by the versatile composer Late Ravindra Jain. Lyrics were also by Ravindra Jain. He composed several memorable songs for the movie, notably:
- "Sajana Hain Mujhe Sajna Ke Liye" - Asha Bhosle
- "Kyon Laayo Sainya Paan" - Asha Bhosle
- "Husn Hain Ya Koi Qayamat Hain" - Mohammed Rafi, Aarti Mukherji
- "Har Haseen Cheez Ka" - Kishore Kumar
- "Door Hain Kinara" - Manna Dey
- "Tera Mera Saath Rahe" - Lata Mangeshkar
- "Main hoon Phool Banu" - Lata Mangeshkar
See also
[edit]- List of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Saudagar (1973)". The Hindu. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 337. ISBN 81-7991-066-0. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- ^ Sharma, Unnati (20 February 2022). "Amitabh Bachchan and Nutan's Saudagar showed how women's labour is taken for granted". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.