The Birds and Other Stories The Birds and Other Stories The Birds and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Daphne du Maurier, originally published in 1952 as The Apple Tree by Gollancz in the United Kingdom. It includes "The Birds," which was made into a film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963. The anthology was published in the United States as Kiss Me Again, Stranger by Doubleday and then has been republished under the current name, "The Birds and Other Stories". Reviewing the American edition in "F&SF", Boucher and McComas noted that while nearly half the work fell into
Grahasti (1963 film) Awards" for 1963. He won the "Swami Haridas Award", while Asha Bhosle won the "Mian Tansen Award" as the singer. The film was adapted from a true story as recorded by Randor Guy in "The Hindu" and based on Liam O'Brien's hit play, which in turn was made into a film of the same name, "The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker" (1959) with Clifton Webb. Producer S. S. Vasan first presented the story idea to Sivaji Ganesan, who turned it down. It was then made in Hindi with Ashok Kumar playing the main character. The success of the film changed Ganesan's mind