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Rebellious streak leads Nandish to ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi…’
New Delhi: Actor Nandish Sandhu, who will be entering stunt-based reality show “Khatron Ke Khiladi – Darr Ka Blockbuster Returns” as a wild card entry, says his rebellious streak prompted him to take up the show.
“Personally I have always been a little rebel. The show challenges you at every step with tasks which seem to be impossible to do. Hence, this factor made me say ‘yes’ to the show,” the actor told IANS over phone from Mumbai.
“I have always believed in breaking my comfort zone as I feel if we keep on doing the same thing again and again, then we won’t be able to learn something new,” he added.
The actor will join the contestants of the Colors show, which is being shot in Cape Town, South Africa soon.
The actor also insists that the stunts are not so easy to perform as they seem to be on screen.
“It is very easy to comment that the stunt could have been finished a little faster. But it’s not easy to perform in front of the camera. You don’t have any retakes.
“There is pressure with so many people watching you, fear, anxiety and a lot of other factors come into play. But despite all that you have to stay calm and do it,” the actor said.
Nandish says his worst fear is “not being able to do something and heights”.
“I’m hoping that they don’t come in between while I am doing stunts,” the actor said.
Nandish is known for his guy-next-door image courtesy his TV shows like “Uttaran” and “Beintehaa”. He says he is not entering the show to break his image.
“I don’t think like that. I don’t feel that I need to change my image or do something so that people get to know the other side of me. If that was the question, I would have done so many things in the past,” Nandish said.
His entry in the show is the talking point as his wife and actress Rashami Desai is also in the show. Rumours are rife that the couple has separated owing to some differences; however, Nandish has always maintained a dignified silence.
His entry is bound to raise questions about his personal life, but Nandish says “there’s no point in running away from something”.
“It’s perfectly fine. There is no point in running away from something. Let there be questions. It is not compulsory for me to answer all of them. If I feel that I need to talk about something I will do it. As far as my personal life is concerned I don’t think I need to discuss it with the world,” he said.
“She is a part of me and I look forward to meet her in South Africa,” Nandish added.
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.
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“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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