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This reason made actress Kangana Ranaut an “unwanted” child
For her parents she was an “unwanted” child, who rebelled during her formative years and chose a career against her father’s wish. But after a successful film career that transformed the rebellious youngster, Actress Kangana Ranaut is now thinking of the comforts of motherhood.
“I think I have been fairly independent, but when you are in your late twenties, somewhere your maternal instincts start kicking in and you start to get that feeling very badly: ‘I want to have babies’,” the 29-year-old told .
“I never thought I would talk like this, but it gets really hard not to share it. I am hoping to see that day,” added Kangana, who belongs to Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.
Starting from her debut film “Gangster – A Love Story” in 2006, she has been appreciated for her performances in films like “Fashion”, “Queen”, “Tanu Weds Manu” and “Tanu Weds Manu Returns”. The three-time national award winning actress’ next projects are “Rangoon”, “Rani Lakshmi Bai” and “Simran”.
Ask her if Bollywood has made her calmer, composed and patient now and she says: “Absolutely. The big fireballs which I felt growing up in my stomach somewhere has got an expression now. If I don’t do anything for days, it starts to bother me.”
She says that when she goes to film sets “I sort of find a way to express myself and give a weight to that energy. That expression is not just restricted to my films. If you go to my house or in my writing, you will find that expression.”
She says with a smile and a confident voice: “Being a person in the creative field has allowed me to be a complete human being.”
Through her portrayal of the lead role in “Queen”, Kangana has rediscovered herself, taking risks and pushing the boundaries in her personal and professional life. It has also shut up those who used to point to her poor command of English and provided a befitting reply to media commentators who said she could not carry a film on her shoulders.
“I was someone who was very confused about what I wanted do, especially with the enormous energy that was almost on the verge of exploding. As a teenager, I did not know what to do with it, and hence the fights with parents,” Kangana said.
But she now realises that the energy only needed a creative outlet. “Unleashing of those forces into something creative was amazing. I am glad that I started to act, write and do other things like poetry,” she said.
The journey from a rebellious teenager to a successful actor was all about understanding herself and sharing her ideas with the world, she says.
The actress was in the capital to be part of Reebok’s FiT To Fight awards where she felicitated some of “unsung women heroes” from different walks of life.
For her, being fit is the most important aspect of being alive. “When I am not able to exercise for days, or unable to meditate or eat without watching my diet, I literally feel dead. Everything just shuts down,” she says.
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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