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Four times more of everything in ‘Hate Story 3’: Director
Mumbai: After giving a high dose of romance, thrill and intimacy in the second instalment of the “Hate Story” franchise, director Vishal Pandya says the third instalment will have four times more of all these elements.
“When we are asked what’s there in the second franchise, we say ‘zyada’ (more) or more than part one…and for the third I would say ‘chaar guna zyada’ (four times more). So, there’s a lot more to see in this part… in revenge, thriller, action, romance and sex,” Pandya told IANS here.
Pandya understands that when one works on a franchise, the expectations rise one instalment after another.
“When you make a franchise, the expectation is always more…It pushes us to work harder in the right way…and right now the way it has been progressing with ‘Hate Story 3’, in terms of shooting and the edits, I feel somewhere we are reaching the expectation of what exactly the audience wants to see,” he added.
What will click with the audience for “Hate Story 3”?
“In my film, I have actors, songs, sex and a franchise. So my film is somewhat of a package and I am sure what people want to see in this…this time it’s actually going to be very good,” the director said.
“Hate Story 3”, which is slated to release on December 4, features actors Sharman Joshi, Zarine Khan, Karan Singh Grover and Daisy Shah.
Talking about if he was skeptical about choosing the cast for the film, the 34-year-old director said: “When I was writing it, I won’t lie that only these four were in my mind…I had other actors, who were equally good, too in mind. But at the end of it, when I saw the cast getting together… I thought this was the best cast.”
“I think for this movie I have got a fantastic cast.”
Pandya, whose upcoming film is an erotic thriller and runs high on romance, revenge and sex, does not fear the censor board.
“I feel that nowadays, they (censor board members) are lenient as they also know that the audience too wants a little more in everything — not only in sex, but in other genres like action or romance too,” said the director, who admits his film has a “little extra oomph”.
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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