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NZ dairy farmers face tougher times with forecast payout
Last week’s global dairy auction saw milk prices fall to 5 year lows with the price of whole milk powder falling to $2,875 per tonne which is a 10.9% drop from the previous event. This price indicates a current surplus…
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Aug 20, 20232 min read


Readers Write In #623: The void and the whale
By Karthik Amarnath For a variety of reasons, I had avoided watching Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale”, which stars Brendan Fraser as a morbidly obese English teacher. For one, it had taken me the better part of two decades to get over teenage fat-shaming, and I wasn’t ready to let a film dig into those scars. Especially […]

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Aug 20, 20235 min read
Readers Write In #622: Strand
By Sudharsanan Sampath Note: I used to write for the sake of writing. But these days work and other distractions get in the way. I was at an airport, waiting for my flight. It was delayed by 2 hours. The internet was shoddy. I had nothing to do. So, I took out my laptop and […]

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Aug 20, 20233 min read
My interview with Cineulagam
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Aug 20, 20231 min read


In ‘Ghoomer’ (Saiyami Kher, Abhishek Bachchan), R Balki spruces up a predictable underdog sports drama with trademark Balki-isms and a genuine sense of darkness
Spoilers ahead… Yes, this is a feel-good film. But With ‘Chup’ and ‘Ghoomer’, Balki seems to have entered a new phase that’s darker and more exciting than what we knew him for earlier. Every underdog sports drama is something you’ve seen before, so how do you make things different? For one, you give the audience […]

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Aug 19, 20231 min read
Interview: Raj B Shetty (‘Toby’)
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Aug 19, 20231 min read


Readers Write In #621: Venns of Jailer and Indian
By Krishnaraj Sambath As I walked out of a packed but sedate theatre in the burbs of Houston, I kept thinking why they bothered with that “twist”. It was a perfectly contained movie without it, and the movie would’ve ended on a high (with superstar and fellow stars sharing the screen). Instead, it ends on […]

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Aug 18, 20233 min read


Amit Rai’s ‘OMG 2’ (Pankaj Tripathi, Akshay Kumar, Yami Gautam) is a predictable, likeable satire with a few laugh-out-loud bits
Spoilers ahead… The PSA-ish film is way too long, and some plot points are not fleshed out well. But the cast makes it work. Wikipedia calls Amit Rai’s OMG 2 a “spiritual” sequel to Umesh Shukla’s Oh My God – and a lot of the spirituality comes from the film being set in Ujjain, home […]

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Aug 18, 20231 min read


Anil Sharma’s ‘Gadar 2’ (Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel) is a solid sequel that takes off from its predecessor in a most organic way
Spoilers ahead… The film needed far better action sequences, but the emotion of the ‘prem katha’ is maintained right through, and it’s nice to see good masala-movie writing again. Some six years after a stubborn Amrish Puri finally relented and let his daughter go – with the words, ” Jaa Simran jaa” – we had […]

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Aug 18, 20231 min read


Readers Write In #620: 2047 The first call
By Satish Iyer The telephone shrilled loudly. Kapoor lifted the receiver. He listened intently and almost dropped dead. He started sweating profusely. His wife Madhavi cried, “Kapoor, what happened?” Kapoor responded, in despairing tones, “Madhavi, we are doomed. This is the end of the road for us. I know I haven’t directed the most entertaining […]

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Aug 18, 20231 min read
Interview: Mona Singh (‘Made in Heaven S2’, ‘Jassi’, ‘Laal Singh Chadha’, etc.)
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Aug 17, 20231 min read


Women’s Football World Cup and the multiplier
I blogged on this topic earlier in the year but thought it topical with the coverage of the Women’s Football World Cup in Australian and New Zealand. The tournament has been a great success and by the time it ends,…
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Aug 16, 20233 min read


Readers Write In #619: Jailer: A perfect Rajini film for the TikTok age
By MANK (Spoilers Included)Hey!!!engga naa than king(u)naa vechathuthan rules(u)Antha rules eh ye istathukku apo apo mathitae eruppeanAtha kabchipunu kettuttu follow pannanumAtha vettuttu ethavathu adavadithano pannanum nu nenachaUnna kandathundama vetti kalachi pottuduvea Hukum..Tiger Ka Hukum This is Rajini’s punch line from “Jailer,” this could also be Director Nelson’s Hukum\warning\threat to the audience who are entering the […]

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Aug 16, 20236 min read


Readers Write In #618: The Rhyming Review, of a Rousing Drama / Gadar 2 Is Pure-Old, Hindi Cine Masala
By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma Father and son meet, somewhere in PakistanMother feels the breeze, happily in Hindustan. Innocent Indian fugitive, finds some “dana-pani”In the house of a gold, hearted Pakistani. The fugitive addresses Pakistani, as his “Masi”The old school Hindi filming, at its very massy. A helpless Sikh father, prays at a “majar”The next moment […]

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Aug 15, 20231 min read
10 Questions: Dulquer Salmaan
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Aug 15, 20231 min read


What would Trevor Francis (first £1m player) be worth today with Football Inflation?
Sad to hear of Trevor Francis’ passing last month. I can still recall his goal for Nottingham Forest in the 1979 Champions League Final in Munich against Swedish club Malmo – his first European game for the club (see video).…
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Aug 14, 20232 min read


Readers Write In #617: Chiranjeevi as Shankar is spectacular, easily overshadowing the original
By Aman Basha Reviewing a rather enjoyable Chiranjeevi remake that betters its original Remakes are a tricky thing. The film being remade is ostensibly chosen as a vehicle for a star or director to score a quick success without any original effort. The laziness resulting from this attitude can lose the essence of the original, […]

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Aug 12, 20235 min read


Everything about Meher Ramesh’s ‘Bhola Shankar’ is BS, says Kairam Vaashi
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Aug 10, 20231 min read
Impact of higher interest rates on developing economies
Useful video from the IMF that addresses the impact of higher interest rates on developing economies. The increase in the US Fed Funds rate increases the likelihood of financial crises among vulnerable developing countries. The main concerns are: Sign up…
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Aug 10, 20231 min read
Readers Write In #616: The never ending love affair with Rajini
By Sudharshan Garg Rajni fandom dawned on me when I first watched Dalapati. I was a wee young lad of 11, my family told me it’s too violent and I should not watch it yada yada but this was 91 and times were very different. I lived in Gopalapuram and Satyam Theatres (the 2nd best […]

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Aug 10, 20233 min read
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