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OMG: ‘Veere Di Wedding’ is remake of famous TV series ‘Sex in the City’
Mumbai: Bollywood much talked movie ‘Veere Di Wedding’ which stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania, has received an overwhelming response on the box office recently is being compared with ‘Sex and the City’ which was an American romantic comedy-drama television series launched in 1998.
Now, ‘Veere Di Wedding’ which gave a realistic description of female friendships of four friends dealing with their lives, love, marriage, and heartbreak isn’t unheard of concept.
But what makes ‘Veere Di Wedding’ a unique prospect is that there was the pack of performers that is led by four ladies who make their choices, stand by them and have the guts to live their life they want.
This movie recalls about American romantic comedy-drama television series ‘Sex and the City’ created by Darren Star and produced by HBO which was released on 1998 and of 94 episodes.
The show follows the lives of a group of four women-three in their mid-thirties and one in her forties-who, despite their different natures and ever-changing sex lives, remain inseparable and confide in each other.
Starring Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw), Kim Cattrall (as Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis (as Charlotte York), and Cynthia Nixon (as Miranda Hobbes).
There can obviously be instances common to both the universe, there are certain things and almost all the characters in ‘Veere Di Wedding’ that just give off a desi style of ‘Sex & The City’ vibe.
Although, the makers of ‘Veere Di Wedding’ may have tried to come up with an original idea, the striking similarities to ‘Sex & The City’ are just too hard to miss.
Shocking: ‘Veere Di Wedding’ is copy of American TV series ‘Sex in the City’:
Talking about the characters of ‘Veere Di Wedding’ was as much as same as the ‘Sex in the City’.
1. Like the fact that Avni is a lawyer, who values career more than marriage. Did someone say, Miranda?
2. Four lifelong friends jetting off to a foreign location to deal with a wedding-was that the plot of the first ‘Sex & The City’ movie or ‘Veere Di Wedding’?
3. Kalindi i.e. Kareena is basically Mr. Big in the movie. Commitment-phobic, rich, and confused about marriage.
4. Meera’s (Shikha Talsania) heartfelt confession on how being a mother is one hell of a job is strikingly similar to the honest, and drunken discussion that Miranda and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) have in the second ‘Sex & The City’ television series.
5. ‘VDW’ even have a gay couple to add to the mix – Kalindi’s Chachu (Uncle) and his boyfriend. Exactly like Anthony & Stanford from SATC.
6. Just like it is Miranda to the rescue, as the friends get stuck in Abu Dhabi; it is Avni to the rescue, even if it is Kalindi’s family she’s patching up or her fiance’s father she’s busting out of jail.
7. From planning a grand, over-the-top wedding to actually having a small scale, intimate, and simple wedding, all you need to do is swap Kalindi’s lehenga for Carrie’s dress, and you’re right in the middle of the SATC world.
8. The movie also makes an attempt to portray Sakshi i.e. Swara Bhaskar as Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), but while both the characters equally love masturbation, that’s where the similarity ends. Honestly, there can never be another Samantha.
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.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“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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