Oru Nyayarazcha is about the ambiguous nature and fragility of relationships: Shyamaprasad

As the protagonists explore the boundaries of love along with the men in their lives — husbands and lovers — they have difficult decisions to make. 'Our lives are getting affected by a kind of social conditioning. That confusion is relevant in this story,' he says. The film is the story of Suja and Sujatha, who belong to upper middle-class families in Kerala. 'Yet through cracks in the comfortable monotony of their lives, loneliness seeps in, time hangs heavy. As they struggle to play out their roles, the craving for something new starts. The jagged edges of that craving begin to soften as they find love, or some version of it, with strangers who enter their lives,' Shyamaprasad writes in the film's synopsis. Oru Nyayarazcha was the closing film at a Malayalam film festival, organised by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy at Delhi's India International Centre from July 3-6. Earlier this year, in February, it was adjudged as the second-best film at the Kerala State Film Awards. Shyamaprasad won the best director award, the newest addition to his long list of accolades. 'It's nice to get (awards) but it's okay even if one does not. It's because there are so many beautiful movies that have not received any awards. And there are worthless films which have won a lot of them. Awards are not a yardstick, but it's nice to be appreciated,' says Shyamaprasad. The July 6 show of Oru Nyayarazcha in Delhi was its first public screening. Asked if more people would get to watch it, the director, who has also composed its background score, says that the film will probably find its way to a digital platform soon. 'We are working on it,' says the director, whose writing process originates at the point of screenwriting. 'Screenwriting is basically preparation for the film that you are going to do. But I'm not someone who will deliver literary works,' he says. Most of Shyamaprasad's work, intense and brimming with a wave of emotions, has resulted in stories about people, and the human condition. His first film, Kallu Kondoru Pennu (1998), looked at how a nurse working in the Gulf, who puts her family above all else, painfully learns that their relationship with her comes with several expectations and conditions. There has also been Ritu (2009) about three youngsters and how their friendship changes over time. It has acquired the status of a cult film that heralded a change in Malayalam cinema. His previous film, Hey Jude (2018), is a charming romantic comedy revolving around a quirky couple. The filmmaker has worked with leading actors such as Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Rajit Kapur, Fahadh Faasil, Prithviraj, Shobhana, and Nivin Pauly among others. In Oru Nyayarazcha, however, he opted for new faces — actors Sally Kannan, Megha Thomas, Sateesh Kumar and Murali Chand. 'I don't decide on projects as platforms for any actor. If a story can engage an actor in it, good,' he says. His next is an adaptation of Anees Salim's 2017 novel, The Small-Town Sea, which focuses on the bond between a boy and his terminally ill father and how the son deals with the latter's death. He has previously made Agnisakshi (1999) adapted from Lalithambika Antharjanam's novel, Akale, (2004) which is based on Tennessee Williams's play The Glass Menagerie, and The Artist (2013) based on Paritosh Uttam's Dreams in Prussian Blue DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.openstreetmap.org/user/johnkanelan

Rajnath Singh deflects Karnataka blame

ight Congress MLAs in Karnataka and three of the JDS had resigned on July 6, after two Congress MLAs did so on July 1. If accepted, the resignations would reduce the state government's majority to just one.On Monday, Congress members excoriated the BJP in the Lok Sabha, displayed placards and chanted: "Save democracy.""We did not start the resignation spree. It was started by Rahul Gandhi in the Congress," Rajnath, the House deputy leader, chided them."Now one leader after another is quitting. What does the BJP have to do with this?" he added, drawing laughter from the government benches. Rahul and mother Sonia Gandhi were present in the House.Earlier, Congress House leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had evoked guffaws by asking whether, if he kept silver and gold coins at home without proper security, it give the thief a right to rob him - a suggestion that the BJP had manipulated disgruntled Congress-JDS MLAs.Rajnath claimed: "The BJP has no tradition of putting pressure on, or offering inducements to, any other party's lawmakers. We are committed to the sanctity of parliamentary democracy."Chowdhury had moved an adjournment motion on the Karnataka crisis. Speaking during Zero Hour, he accused the BJP of "making a mockery of democracy"."They will say, 'What do we do when your MLAs are resigning?' But the MLAs are being taken to Mumbai (and) kept in a posh hotel. And to ferry them, (the) chartered plane of a BJP MP is used.. This clearly proves a premeditated and well-calculated design," Adhir said.He accused the BJP of conspiring to pull down all Opposition governments in the states and alleged such an attempt was under way in Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh too."They (the BJP) don't want any Opposition governments.. Even after winning 303 (seats in the Lok Sabha) their hunger for power is not over," he said. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://ask.fm/royenroyese

Shahid Kapoor's wife Mira, daughter Misha go matching in traditional clothes, see pic

While Mira posted a loved-up picture from their wedding, Shahid revealed the first picture of Mira that he saved on his phone. View this post on Instagram You make my world and me go round 🤪❤️ #happy4 A post shared by Mira Rajput Kapoor (@mira.kapoor) on Jul 7, 2019 at 2:12am PDT View this post on Instagram Her first picture I saved on my phone. And now almost every second picture has her in it. She is #life. I love you @mira.kapoor thank you for being you. A post shared by Shahid Kapoor (@shahidkapoor) on Jul 7, 2019 at 7:24am PDT Shahid and Mira got married in a private ceremony in Gurgaon in 2015 and are now parents to Misha and Zain, the latter will turn one in September. Theirs was an arranged marriage and the families met through the religious group Radha Soami Satsang Beas. On the professional front, Shahid is riding high on the box office success of his latest outing, Kabir Singh, that has crossed Rs 200 crore in 13 days and already become Shahid's highest solo opener as well as his highest grosser. While the film has been criticised for promoting 'toxic masculinity' and 'misogyny', Shahid, his family members and the film's director Sandeep Vanga Reddy have defended the film and the lead character. function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttp://www.magcloud.com/user/zeeveerakeens

Tax surcharge spooks foreign funds

n her budget, Sitharaman had proposed that those having a total annual income above Rs 2 crore and up to Rs 5 crore will be required to pay a surcharge of 25 per cent against the earlier 15 per cent. Those with a total income exceeding Rs 5 crore will be required to pay a surcharge of 37 per cent instead of the earlier 15 per cent.While it was initially felt that this will only cover individuals, the fine print revealed that this would also bring FPIs who are earning over Rs 2 crore from equities into the net. They will now have to pay higher taxes on both their short-term (STCG) and long-term capital gains (LTCG). Experts said it will affect those who are not registered as a company or a partnership firm.Who are included?Part II of the Finance Bill specified the entities that would be subject to the increased surcharge. It mentioned association of persons (AOPs) apart from individuals and HUFs as entities that will have to pay the higher tax.Many of the FPIs are structured either as trusts or AOPs and thus they will be affected by the tax blow. There are more than 9000 FPIs registered with Sebi and estimates vary as to the number of them who could be affected."The proposed change will significantly impact FPIs which are not set up as a company or as a firm. The LTCG tax rate is likely to go up to 14.25 per cent and STCG tax on equities is likely to go up to 21.37 per cent," Suresh Swamy, partner at PwC Financial Services, told The Telegraph."The worst impact is on income from derivatives where the tax rate will go up to 42.74 per cent. Many overseas pension funds and mutual funds who are long term investors in equities are non-corporate entities," Swamy said. These pension funds and the mutuals are likely to feel the impact of the changes. "FPIs seek clarity on these provisions as they will need to decide on whether to provide for these taxes or not,'' he added.Earlier, they had to pay an effective tax of 17.94 per cent on short-term capital gains on equity investments and 11.96 per cent on long term capital gains. For their investment in derivatives, the effective rate stood at 35.88 per cent.The fresh tax comes on the back of other announcements which have met with negative reaction from the markets, including raising the minimum public shareholding limit in listed companies to 35 per cent from the current 25 per cent and a tax on the buyback of shares.Investor wealthInvestors' wealth on Monday got eroded Rs 3.39 lakh crore after the Sensex plummeted 793 points. From the 30-share pack, 27 companies faced selling pressure led by Bajaj Finance, ONGC, Hero MotoCorp and Maruti Suzuki India. On the BSE, 1,953 scrips declined and 571 advanced, while 145 remained unchanged. All the BSE sectoral indices ended in the red, with capital goods, realty, automobile, power, industrials, finance, banking indices falling up to 3.78 per cent. In the broader market, the BSE mid-cap and small-cap indices fell up to 2.46 per cent. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://danmooredesigns.com/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/376940/Default.aspx

India vs New Zealand, semi-final World Cup 2019: Relentless pace, Rohit Sharma's record give New Zealand hope

If there is a way to reach the knockouts, trust the Kiwis to find it with minimum fuss. That is how they have reached four successive World Cup semi-finals. Only this time there has been a hue and cry from Pakistan over the head-to-head record not being considered in the race to the semi-finals. England and Australia cast a few doubts but New Zealand's passage to the knockouts was more or less decided after comprehensive wins in the first four matches. And even though Williamson—for all the right reasons—has been the face of New Zealand's resilience, they couldn't have reached this far without their bowlers. Going into the semi-final, New Zealand can brag about a few significant numbers. Despite not dismissing a side starting with the South Africa game on June 19, only once have New Zealand conceded a 300-plus score in this World Cup, the least among the semi-finalists. Five New Zealand bowlers have an economy rate of five or less, again unrivalled by India, Australia and England. Kohli reveals Dhoni's mind space ahead of semis clash against New Zealand 'Their pacers are very consistent,' Virat Kohli said on Monday. 'Mitchell Santner (left-arm spinner) brings in a lot of control with his skills in the middle overs. They are a team which has always been very consistent, so we know that against them we'll have to be very, very disciplined. At the same time, we will have to play very correct cricket to score runs against them because they are bowling good lines and lengths, and they know what they are doing. So, we have to be sure of what we are doing and that's the kind of challenge the team brings. They put the ball in the right areas and then make you play good shots.' Possessing bowlers who can start well, keep a tight leash on runs in the middle overs and then come out with a quiverful of variations like slow bouncers, cutters and yorkers in the death overs, New Zealand's attack is still as understated as the team. Williamson intends to keep it that way, not picking any particular player for praise but focusing on the collective good work. 'Our attack's performed really well on a real variety of surfaces where taking pace off has been really important, certainly in the round-robin stages on the surfaces we were on, so they have adapted superbly. And we will need to do that again coming into this next match and assess conditions as quickly as possible,' said Williamson. Santner has proved to be a dependable spinner who can tie down the scoring but the key will be how Lockie Ferguson and James Neesham bowl. Especially Ferguson, who has been given the all clear for the semi-final after missing the game against England due to a hamstring problem. Express and aggressive, Ferguson stood out in the tournament for the strategy deployed in dismissing Faf du Plessis in Birmingham—a perfect yorker following a well-directed bouncer. In many ways, Ferguson embodies New Zealand's never-say-die attitude. 'As a team we definitely want to be the scrappers, guys that scrap for wins. Not always do we win pretty but we pride ourselves in our ability to come back from tough situations and give ourselves an opportunity to win,' he said on Sunday. Will India qualify? What happens if India vs NZ semis clash is washed out But the onus on the opening act will be on Trent Boult. A stunning catch of Carlos Brathwaite at long-on gives more reasons to recall Boult's contribution, but he is the essence of New Zealand's bowling for years now—quick, on target and relentless. Irrespective of the toss, New Zealand know India can run away with the game if Boult doesn't get those early breakthroughs. And the buzz, understandably, is about how to dismiss Rohit Sharma, who is yet to score a century against New Zealand away from home. In 12 innings against New Zealand away or at neutral venues, Sharma has averaged less than 33 with a strike rate of 69, both well below his career numbers. The game plan has to revolve around India's top three if New Zealand want to continue their quest to rewrite their World Cup script. Good thing for them is they don't have to look too far back for inspiration. Four days before the World Cup, New Zealand had India tottering on 39/4 before skittling them out for 179 in a warm-up win. Boult took three of those wickets—Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul. Both teams will take lessons from that. And even though Williamson repeatedly stressed on how conditions dictate bowling, a fresh pitch is definitely set to give seamers more hope. There could be some overnight rain too. All New Zealand need to do then is win the toss. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://able2know.org/user/royenroyese/

CEA counters Arvind Subramanian's claim on GDP estimates, says hard to create wrong narrative

In a recent research paper published at Harvard University that formed the basis of his piece in The Indian Express, Subramanian concluded that the country's growth has been overestimated by around 2.5 percentage points between 2011-12 and 2016-17. While official estimates pegged average annual growth at around 7 per cent during this period, actual GDP growth is likely to have been lower, at around 4.5 per cent, he had said. The former CEA claims kickstarted a debate with the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (EAC-PM) issuing a point-by-point rebuttal eventually. In its response, the EAC-PM stated that Subramanian had cherry-picked a few indicators and performed a rather unconvincing regresssion analysis to prove his hypothesis that India's GDP was overestimated post 2011-12. Subramanian cherry-picked few indicators to prove his hypothesis: EAC-PM rebuts ex-CEA's claims K Subramanian further pointed out 8 per cent sustained growth is required for India to achieve USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25, citing investment to be the key driver for pushing the economy to the top gear and ensure job creation. 'Investment cannot go up unless the cost of capital goes down. One key opportunity we have is that the cost of capital internationally is very low, liquidity is very high there and as a result, there is an opportunity for both firms and sovereign as well to think about going and raising money abroad,' he said. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://www.theseasonedcook.com/UserProfile/tabid/42/userId/1050623/Default.aspx

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Took lot of courage not to go on Spice Girls tour: Victoria Beckham

'I'd rather concentrate on my family and my company. I'm 45 now and very happy to be the woman I am… I'm not trying to change, I want to be the best version of myself. Before I turned 40, I wasn't that confident. I learned to listen to my gut feeling,' Beckham told Vogue Germany. Earlier this year, the former singer, also known as Posh Spice, said 'a part of me will always be a Spice Girl'. The Spice World - 2019 Tour commenced on May 24, 2019 in Dublin, Ireland and ended on June 15, 2019 in London, UK. Although Beckham did not want to go on tour, she is attached to another Spice Girls project, an animated movie which will see the five singers as superheroes. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://knowyourmeme.com/users/johnkanelan

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