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In hindsight, actress and former beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan feels she has been “school girlish” in her choices and feels she should have been more fierce about taking up projects.
“I think I was very school girlish in my choices… I was very good at keeping with schedules,and because of that I kind of walked away from some very great films and opportunities… because I would be sincere to schedules. Now when I think back, I should have maybe been more fierce and aggressive with wanting the films and allowed the schedules to figure themselves out as I have see a lot of colleagues have worked over the years,” Aishwarya told a group of media in a video interaction from Cannes.
She, however, has no regrets.
“There are so many stories to be told, look at the population of the world. There are enough films and enough work to do,” said Aishwarya, 44, who was in the French Riviera to attend the 71st Cannes Film Festival as the L’Oreal brand ambassador.
Having made her film debut with Mani Ratnam’s “Iruvar”, Aishwarya has worked with some of India’s most well-known filmmakers like Sanjay Leela Bhansali (“Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam”, “Devdas” and “Guzaarish”), Ashutosh Gowariker (“Jodhaa Akbar”), Rituparno Ghosh (“Chokher Bali” and “Raincoat”).
She took a five-year break when she had daughter Aaradhya with husband Abhishek Bachchan, making a comeback with “Jazbaa” in 2015.
“Recently, there was a colleague who asked me, ‘Was ‘Jazbaa’ the comeback vehicle you wanted?’ I was like, ‘Guys, it was a script, I liked the idea and I went with it’. I don’t want to play into how one has to go about things,” Aishwarya said as she explained how her choices have always been about following her heart, and not the herd.
“I came in from Miss World, so because I experienced blast of stardom so early, I, from the very beginning — from Mani Ratnam to date — made choices from my heart, and tried being myself… I ended up doing my own thing and not following patterns that existed before, after or what is the natural trajectory of a leading lady in our industry.
“I think that’s why people think I end up breaking preconceived norms… And that wonderfully continues.”
The actress keeps getting asked when will she be seen on-screen next, but she says she keeps dilly-dallying it.
“When I took a break with Aaradhya and even now, I get asked, ‘Why don’t we see more of you?’ Yes, I want to do more films. I have been a little easy on my time planning… I have happily played mummy to Aaradhya and thrown work around here and there. Even now when I am offered a good script, I feel like doing but then I think, ‘Let me take one more holiday this month. I will do the next one’. I think this attitude needs to change,” she said with a laugh.
At the Cannes gala, Aishwarya made a style statement in elaborate gowns. She says she is fine with people “commenting, critiquing or criticising” because “that’s part of being a celebrity, being a public figure and being in the public domain.
“That is fine. That goes with the turf… I am very easy with it and everyone has seen it over the years. I don’t disrespect it.”
However, she feels women need to stop judging each other in day-to-day lives.
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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