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Kangana vs Alia: Family joins the war of words
If actress Kangana Ranaut’s tirade against Alia Bhatt wasn’t enough, the former’s sister Rangoli Chandel entered the ‘war of words’ zone, as did the “Raazi” actress’ mother Soni Razdan and co-actor Randeep Hooda.
Kangana has been calling out Alia since earlier this year for not supporting her film “Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi”, and had claimed this was all a part of a “strange sort of racket” in a section of the film industry. She had also called Alia a product of Karan Johar’s “nepotistic gang”.
Ever since, Kangana has made several references regarding Alia, the latest being over her “mediocre” performance in the otherwise widely lauded “Gully Boy”.
But in a recent interview, Alia merely said: “I respect Kangana’s work a lot and I respect her opinion. If she feels a particular way she must have reason to feel that way. I would rather remember how much she had praised me after watching ‘Raazi’. And I’d just like to focus on my work. Maybe she will appreciate me again if I work hard enough.”
The controversy took a different turn with Kangana’s sister hitting out at Alia and her mother Soni Razdan, calling them “non Indians who are living off this land, using and abusing its people and its resources, lying about intolerance and spreading hatred”.
“Time to think about their agenda and not to get carried away with their provocations,” Rangoli had tweeted recently, referring to an article about the mother-daughter duo’s British passports.
Soni finally broke her silence over the issue.
In a now-deleted tweet, she wrote: “Mahesh Bhatt is the man who has given her a break…She goes on to attack his wife and daughter. Daughter over and over again. What is left to be said then about abusing and hatred I wonder. Apart from character of course. Agenda. What’s hers?”
Rangoli had a response soon after.
“Dear Soniji, Mahesh Bhatt never gave her a break, Anurag Basu did. Mahesh Bhattji works as a creative director in his brother’s production house. Please note that he doesn’t own that production house, after ‘Woh Lamhe’ when Kangana refused to do a film written by him called ‘Dhokha’ where he wanted her to play a suicide bomber, he got so upset that he not only shouted at her in his office, but later when she went for ‘Woh Lamhe’ preview to a theatre, he threw a chappal on her.
“He didn’t allow her to see her own film. She cried the whole night, and she was just 19 years old.”
Alia’s “Highway” co-star Randeep Hooda also stepped in, saying: “Dearest Alia, I’m so glad you are not letting the opinions of very occasional actors and chronic victims affect you and your work… Kudos to you for your continued efforts to outdo yourself.”
But Rangoli retorted saying Randeep has been pushed to come forward in Alia’s support as the “nepotism gang” didn’t have the courage. She even called him a “permanent failure”.
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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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