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Being a celebrity isn’t a piece of cake: Raveena Tandon
New Delhi : She has been a part of the Hindi film industry for a quarter of a century and tasted success with films like “Shool” and “Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence”. So when actress Raveena Tandon says being a celebrity is not easy, you may as well believe her.
“Being a celebrity is certainly not a piece of cake,” Raveena told IANS in an e-mail interview.
The 41-year-old ventured into Bollywood in 1991 and was a part of some top-grossing films including “Dilwale” and “Mohra”. The success of the latter marked a turning point in Raveena’s career, establishing her as a leading actress in Bollywood.
Has she seen a change in the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema?
“The period of the 1990s brought about more changes in Hindi cinema. By that time, there were several films showing the changing role of the female component of Indian cinema. One of them was ‘Shool’,” said Raveena, who walked for designer Jayanthi Ballal at the third edition of Mysore Fashion Week 2016 last week.
The “Satta” star is the daughter of filmmaker Ravi Tandon, who directed films like “Khel Khel Mein”, starring Neetu Singh and Rishi Kapoor. She says for star children, getting noticed in the industry is easier than those who have a non-film background.
But star children have to live up to certain expectations. “There’s a certain pressure from the public. And, if your film doesn’t work, it’s even worse. They look down on you even more because they think that everything is served to you on a silver platter,” said the “Aks” star.
Raveena married film distributor Anil Thadani in 2004. They have two children — daughter Rasha and son Ranbir. She had previously adopted Pooja and Chhaya as a single mother in 1995.
Has marriage been detrimental to career prospects of actresses in showbiz? “I kept acting in films even after marriage. It wasn’t all that long back that marriage marked the end of a Bollywood actress’ career. However, things have changed considerably,” said Raveena, who won a National Award for playing a victim of domestic abuse in the 2001 social drama “Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence”.
The “Ziddi” actress was last seen on the big screen in filmmaker Anurag Kashyap’s “Bombay Velvet” in 2015 in a special appearance. Since then Raveena has been away from the silver screen.
So, what’s next for Raveena? “(Filmmaker) Onir’s ‘Shab’ with newcomers Ashish Bist and Arpita. Also, Ashtar Sayed’s ‘Matr’, which deals with violence against women. ‘Shab’ is an emotional story in which I play a high-society woman who is in a relationship with a younger man,” she said.
Raveena asserted that “as a society we need to change our laws to protect women”.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
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Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
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“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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