On This Day in Indian Entertainment History – 29 08

  • 1982 – Noted Kannada and Tamil actress and former Member of Parliament, Divya Spandana (Ramya), was born.
  • 2014 – The critically acclaimed Bollywood crime thriller *Mardaani*, starring Rani Mukerji, was released.
  • 2014 – The Tamil gangster film *Jigarthanda*, directed by Karthik Subbaraj and starring Siddharth and Bobby Simha, was released to critical acclaim and later won two National Film Awards.
  • 2019 – The high-budget multilingual action film *Saaho*, starring Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor, premiered.

Disclaimer: This summary highlights selected historically documented events from Indian entertainment archives. It may not represent a complete record of all events for this date.