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People want to adopt me: Deepika on ‘Piku’ success
Mumbai: Her act as a selfless daughter, who spends more time listening to her father’s constipation tales than on her professional or marital pursuits in “Piku”, has garnered an “overwhelming” response for actress Deepika Padukone. But the most heartening has been the response from people who have expressed a wish to “adopt” her.
Directed by Shoojit Sircar, “Piku” is an endearing father-daughter tale, with megastar Amitabh Bachchan essaying the role of Deepika’s onscreen dad. Their chemistry is natural, relatable and pleasing despite being one full of arguments. What also stands out is Deepika’s subdued and subtle camaraderie with Irrfan Khan in the film.
“The response has been overwhelming,” Deepika told in an interview post the film’s release. Her character is independent and free-spirited.
“I think we had all thought that it’s a sweet film and that people will connect with it, but none of us had expected it to become this big. It’s gone beyond our own control. The biggest compliment for me has been… I know it may sound funny, but a lot of people want to adopt me,” said the 29-year-old.
She says it’s been the “biggest compliment”.
“Multiple people have told me that they want to adopt me after watching ‘Piku’, and that’s very overwhelming,” said Deepika, who in real life, is the daughter of former badminton ace Prakash Padukone.
Deepika, who also features in a brand’s emotional advertisement about a daughter’s love towards her mother, says her biggest critic is her family. But even they were speechless after watching “Piku”.
“My family is my biggest critic. They always watch my films, but they would always say ‘This could have been a little better’. But, for the first time, after watching this film (‘Piku’), there was an absolute silence when they called me.
“They were so overwhelmed by what they had seen that they were just lost for words,” she added.
The success of “Piku” also shows how a movie can work even without extensive multi-city promotions, skin show, a lip-lock scene or the song-and-dance formula.
“It depends on the story and what the characters are trying to convey. ‘Piku’ is a story of a daughter and her journey and how she tries to be perfect in every role. She is trying to do so many things and do them all perfectly. ‘Piku’ is different and didn’t require all of that,” she said.
Considering that Deepika has had quite a winning streak with movies like “Cocktail”, “Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela”, “Chennai Express” and “Happy New Year”, how does she choose her films?
“There is no formula… If I find a script and if I feel the director can justify it, I go ahead and do it. I follow my heart and my gut feeling,” she said.
“The reaction that ‘Piku’ has got, the kind of scripts that I am getting and with the kind of actors I am getting to work with, it’s a very exciting time for me right now,” added the actress, who will next be seen in films like “Tamasha” with Ranbir Kapoor and “Bajirao Mastani” with Ranveer Singh.
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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