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Balraj Sahni's brother was Bhisham Sahni, the renowned Hindi author who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975 for 'Tamas' - a novel about the Partition of India. Balraj Sahni himself was a celebrated actor in Indian cinema. The other actors listed (Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Guru Dutt) are not related to Sahitya Akademi-winning authors.

Antananarivo is the capital of Madagascar. It is commonly abbreviated as 'Tana', which is how locals and visitors often refer to the city informally. This nickname comes from the first syllables 'Anta-nana-rivo' being shortened to 'Tana' in casual usage. The other options (Anta, Madag, Arivo) are not recognized nicknames for the city.

Mukul Anand was a prominent Bollywood director in the 1980s-90s known for films like 'Khuda Gawah' and 'Trimurti'. 'DUS' was an ambitious project that was never completed or released due to his untimely death in 1994. The film starred Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan.

The Dead Sea, located between Israel and Jordan, is the lowest point on Earth's land surface at approximately 430 meters (1,410 feet) below sea level. It continues to drop each year due to evaporation and water diversion.

During the Emergency (1975-1977), Kishore Kumar's songs were banned on All India Radio because he refused to perform at a Congress rally in Bombay. His non-compliance with the government led to this retaliatory action.

As of June 2009, New Zealand was ranked as the most peaceful country in the world by the Global Peace Index (GPI). The GPI measures countries based on levels of internal and external conflict, crime, and militarization.