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Ritu Shivpuri wants to re-debut in Bollywood industry
New Delhi: Ritu Shivpuri’s debut in 1993 “Aankhen” film gave her the recognition as the ‘Lal dupatte waali’ girl but her Bollywood career never took off after that.
The actress says there was not much scope for good roles in films those days and wishes she had made her debut now as she is impressed by how parts are being written especially for women.
“I wish I had made my debut now. If that would have happened then I would have been somewhere else. Especially because of the roles that are being written for women. Today women are not just an accessory,” Ritu told media persons.
She says she is happy to see actresses being at par with their male counterparts when it comes to movie roles.
“Today, actresses are one of the pillars of the show or a movie. It was not like this when I was doing films, women were just someone to be wooed and for singing and dancing.”
Ritu did a handful of films in the ’90s before settling down to raise a family. She may have missed her chance on the big screen but she is very upbeat about her second innings on the small screen – first with Anil Kapoor’s “24” and now “Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3”.
“When people watched ’24’, they called me up and said ‘we didn’t know you were such a good actress’. But that is because I never got the opportunity to show my acting. Acting was never explored for actresses back then. This is such a good time to make a comeback. I hope to take the world by storm.”
Ritu is the daughter of noted actors Om Shivpuri and Sudha Shivpuri, who is best know as Baa thanks to her role in Ekta Kapoor’s longest running TV show “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi”.
The actress says her mother, who died in 2015, used to tell her to do TV shows but back then she was too busy managing her home and two kids.
“I am doing TV for her but unfortunately she is not here to see it. She would ask me to do TV all the time but it was not the right time then. I am working for the last two years and I am very happy to be back.”
In “Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3”, Ritu is playing the main antagonist – Indrani Narayan Vashisht, who is the mother of Barun Sobti’s character.
The actress says her kids love watching her on TV but are amused by her villainous turn.
“My children are loving this show. They watch the episodes and all the promos. But I think my family is amused by my negative character.”
“Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3” airs from Monday to Friday on Star Plus.
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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