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Can never be a part of a brain-dead film: Richa Chadha
New Delhi: She has carved a permanent place in the showbiz world by taking non-conventional route from portraying a hot-headed don in “Fukrey” to a small town girl fighting taboos around sex in “Masaan”. Actress Richa Chadha says she is not averse to the idea of doing a commercial movie, but can never be a part of a brain-dead film.
“I’m doing ‘Cabaret’, which is a commercial film with lots of songs and dancing. I’m also singing for the movie. But I don’t think I can ever be a part of a brain-dead film, where all I have to do is stand or be a sexy girl in a bikini,” Richa told here.
Richa has scaled new heights with “Masaan”, a story of how lives of four people of a small town coincide and how they find a way to brighter future. The Neeraj Ghaywan directorial debut left its imprint internationally by winning two awards — Promising Future Prize and the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) Award — at Cannes International Film Festival earlier this year.
The actress, who forayed into Bollywood with “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!” in 2008, noted that with acclaim, comes responsibility to maintain the standard of her work.”
“I’m reading scripts. I’don’t want to rush into anything. People expect some amount of quality, so I can’t just sign anything,” added the Delhi girl.
But that won’t deter the actress, who has used her rustic charm to win hearts with her act in movies like “Gangs of Wasseypur” and “Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela”, from experimenting with her art. She has an ideology — experiment while you are young.
“I want to do different things. I believe you can experiment while you are young. I played the role of Bholi Punjaban in ‘Fukrey’ when I was 24. I think if you pass a certain age, then experimenting becomes difficult as a perception is formed and people want to see you in that only,” said Richa, who is in her late 20s.
For her, the deal breaker is “a good script, good director and a good role in a good script”.
The actress also accepts the presence of a women-driven wave in Bollywood.
“Today, it is not difficult to tell somebody that we want to make a film which has two girls in the lead. Maybe five years ago there was no market for women-oriented films. And I think the credit goes to all actresses whether it is Kangana Ranaut, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra or Alia Bhatt…everybody has done their bit to promote it,” Richa said.
Other than “Cabaret” which also stars former cricketer S. Sreesanth, the actress will be seen in Sudhir Mishra’s next “Aur Devdas”.
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.
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Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
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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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