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Last 40 minutes of ‘Mahabalipuram’ will shock audiences: Director
Chennai: Director Don Sandy says the last 40 minutes of his forthcoming Tamil directorial debut “Mahabalipuram”, which is inspired by true events, will offer audiences a glimpse of some realistic events and leave them shocked.
“The film is based on a newspaper incident that bothered me so much. Although we’ve had a few films inspired by true events, most of them are not realistic enough. My film is mostly realistic and its last 40 minutes will shock audiences,” Sandy told.
“All those who’ve watched my film haven’t stopped talking about the crucial portion towards the end. I hope audiences will be equally thrilled,” he said.
The film, slated for release on Friday, features Karunakaran, Ramesh Thilak, Vinayak, Karthik Sabesh, Prem Kumar, Angana Roy and Vithika Sheru.
In films inspired by real events, Sandy says it’s very challenging to do justice to the source of inspiration.
“In cinema, only 80 percent of what you perceive comes out in paper. And only about 60 percent of what you have on paper, gets made into a film. I won’t say I have done 100 percent justice to the source material, but I’ve tried to be as honest and realistic as possible,” he said.
According to the director, “Mahabalipuram” is a youthful thriller laced with good comedy.
“It’s about some incidents in the lives of five friends. The story focuses on how and why did these incidents happen and its aftermath. In some important sequences of the film, actor Sathyaraj sir has lent his voice,” he said.
Nearly 90 percent of the film was shot in Mahabalipuram, while the rest in Chennai.
“Shooting in live locations was extremely challenging, and since Mahabalipuram is a tourist spot and a place of world heritage, there were lot of restrictions. It was mostly crowded, and hence it was tough to complete the film in about 45 days,” he added.
He said if not for the support of his actors and producer Vinayak, who also plays one of the leads, the film would’ve taken longer to be completed.
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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.
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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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