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Not trying to blend in to ‘mega’ family: Sai Dharam Tej
Chennai: Actor Sai Dharam Tej, nephew of megastar Chiranjeevi and cousin of Ram Charan and Allu Arjun, says he’s not consciously trying to blend in to the mega family as he’s more focused on making his mark on his own.
“It’s important for me to make my own mark. Therefore, I’m not consciously taking efforts to blend in to the mega family. I admit I get more offers because I come from this family, but eventually the audience will judge me based on my work,” Sai told.
“Just because I come from some popular family, audiences are not going to shower love when I do a bad film. Your work proves who you are and you’re worth in the industry. It’s applicable to anybody who comes from a reputed family in any profession,” he said.
Known for films such as “Rey” and “Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam”, Sai currently awaits the release of forthcoming Telugu entertainer “Subramanyam for Sale”.
Calling the film a commercial potboiler, Sai said it will appeal to family audiences as well.
“It relates to the lifestyle of people who study engineering in India and go to the US to work. It’s about their lives and how they survive. The film is also laced with family sentiments, comedy, romance and drama,” he said.
Sai gives prime importance to the script before choosing any project.
“The script attracted me to this project. If the story is good, I believe everything else automatically falls in place,” said Sai, who feels lucky to have worked with director Harish Shankar.
“To even consider working with a newcomer after delivering a blockbuster like ‘Gabbar Singh’ means a lot to me. It’s not every day you get to work with a director who feels responsible for your growth and career,” he said.
Sai believes Harish works with a “never settle” attitude.
“If I’m to deliver 60 percent of what he expects from his actors, I feel that’s more than enough. But Harish ensured that I gave my hundred percent for every shot. He never compromises. He would push me to do much better,” he said.
“He feels there’s always room to do more when we’ve settled with something. Since I come from the mega family, he felt more responsible and badly wanted me to prove myself as an actor,” he added.
This is the second time Sai has paired with Regina Cassandra, whom he calls a very co-operative co-star.
“I get uneasy with intimate scenes and this usually affects the chemistry with my co-star on screen. Regina understood this very well and helped me overcome my uneasiness. We’d sit and discuss how we could do these scenes without being uncomfortable,” he revealed, and said he also improved a lot on his comic timing.
Nearly half of “Subramanyam for Sale” was shot in the US, and for Sai, it was going back home after a break.
“We shot ‘Rey’ for 76 days here and I fell in love with this place, so revisiting it was so much fun,” said Sai.
Produced by Dil Raju, “Subramanyam for Sale” will hit the screens worldwide September 24.
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
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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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