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‘Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat’ – A whimsical entourage
Film: “Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat”; Language: Hindi; Cast: Sanjay Mishra, Vijay Raaz, Rakesh Bedi, Rajpal Yadav, Tia Bajpai, Satyajeet Dubey and Deep Dholakia; Director: Aijaz Khan; Rating: *1/2
“Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat” is an irrational entertainer which is as crazy as the title suggests.
Set in Himachal Pradesh, it is the story of an over-energetic, dunce Baankey, a 35-year-old bachelor who is desperate to get married.
When he receives Anjali’s proposal, he sets his heart to marry her. But unfortunately, despite praying to Lord Kamdev for 101 days, his family pundit informs him that there is an issue with his horoscope. Marriage is not in his destiny.
Heartbroken, he insists on marrying Anjali. So when his family friend Lallan nearly threatens the pundit, who suggests that the only way Baankey can attain family bliss is by getting married with the help of a proxy, where a groom substitutes for him at the wedding mandap.
Delighted with this solution, the family sets about finding a proxy groom to get Baankey married.
With Mahesh the proxy groom, Virat Sharma the bus driver and Rajendra, Anjali’s childhood friend who is keen to marry her, Baankey finds himself in a tricky spot. It is his convoluted journey that makes the film interesting.
Treated as a comedy, the film is packed with quirky characters with idiosyncratic behaviour, situational gags and witty dialogues.
Rajpal Yadav as the eager-to-get-married Baankey, is hilarious. Sanjay Mishra as his street-smart uncle Kanhaiyalal is his usual self, with his ready solutions. Rakesh Bedi as Bankey’s simpleton father Nandlal is sincere, but not extraordinary. Every time he is cornered, he either starts eating or hails, “Kanhaiya!” and it amusing to note Kanhaiya respond poetically, “What Kanhaiya bade bhaiya?”
Vijay Raaz as the local thug Lallan carries his swagger with elan. He has an air about himself and brags about his ability to effortlessly bring situations under control. You chuckle when he gets attracted to Anjali’s best friend Pooja and she blatantly calls him “Uncleji” and invites him to her wedding.
Tia Bajpai as Anjali makes a lovely pair with Satyajeet Dubey who plays Virat. Virat has a decent screen presence and charms with his sincerity.
Ashish Wadde’s character Mahesh, the “duur ka damaad” is a forcefully irritating character who is more annoying than amusing.
With a moderate budget and decent production values, the film is technically sound. The title song is racy and is oft used as a background leitmotif to create the sense of a fast track entertainer.
Be a part of Baankey’s wedding entourage, if you have nothing better to do.
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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