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Not attending Arabian Cricket Carnival T20 2017: Bipasha (Movie Snippets)
Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) Actress Bipasha Basu has denied that she is attending the Arabian Cricket Carnival T20 2017, a promotional poster of which features her image among other Bollywood celebrities.
“I would like to bring it to the attention of my fans that I am not attending this event that has my image promoting the same. Nothing was confirmed,” Bipasha tweeted on Thursday.
The poster of the tournament — organised by the Bahrain Cricket Centre (BCC) — also features names like Jackie Shroff, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Azharuddin, Neha Dhupia and Suniel Shetty.
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Asha Parekh used to mimic friends, teachers
Veteran actress Asha Parekh, who will turn 75 on October 2, was a notorious child in school and she often imitated her friends and teachers, which eventually caught an assistant director’s eye.
This revelation was made by writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar on an upcoming special episode of “Classic Legends Season 4”, which will highlight Asha’s stepping stones into the world of glamour and entertainment, read a statement.
Akhtar said: “Asha Parekh would often continue to mimic her friends and teachers even while travelling in the local trains with her parents. It was at one such instance when Asha Parekh was first discovered by an assistant director. While her mother did not take him seriously at that point, his words had a prophetic effect on her life.”
He also spoke about how Asha’s first stage performance can be credited to Premnath who believed in her skills.
“Seeing the thunderous response to Asha Parekh’s performance, her mother decided to enroll her for a dance class. It was during one of her subsequent on-stage performances that Asha Parekh was officially discovered by Bimal Roy, giving flight to her career.”
This episode of “Classic Legends” will be aired on Sunday.
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Need to invest in good writers, directors: Richa Chadha
Actress Richa Chadha, known for content driven films, says people should invest in good writers and directors to improve the overall scenario of the Hindi film industry.
At the trailer launch of her upcoming film “Jia aur Jia”, Richa was asked what she thinks about content driven films.
She said: “There should never be any comparison between films for having a strong or weak content, because every film should have a strong content. Presently our industry is suffering because people invest in everything except writing and script.
“Over the years, the stereotyped image of a writer is that of a man with poor attire, a sad and ill person who is writing a script for the film. Hence, I feel that firstly we should invest in writers and directors, and then only the overall scenario of our industry will improve.”
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Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
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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%).
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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
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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.
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