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Tahir Raj Bhasin excited about international effort on ‘Force 2’
Mumbai : Actor Tahir Raj Bhasin, who will be seen in a grey character in “Force 2”, says that he is excited to work with international artists for the film.
“I’m a big believer in fate and destiny. In Bombay, you don’t always make your choices, your choices are made for you, so right now I’m very lucky as an actor to be getting great films,” Tahir told IANS.
“I’m working with Abhinay Deo and John Abraham and these are big names. Abhinay Deo is directing it. He has done ‘Delhi Belly’ and ’24’ series, that is great,” he said.
“One of the things that I’m very excited about is that there is a big international collaboration. The stunt team has done ‘Mad Max’, which was nominated in the Oscars, the DOP (Director of Photography) has worked for Bruce Willis’s ‘Die Hard”’. You feel proud that you go abroad and shoot an Indian film with an international crew. From the rushes I have seen, it looks outstanding and I really look forward to watching it on screen,” he added.
The actor says that he will portray a grey character in the film.
“He’s cool, crazy and very quirky. Whenever I read a character and the shooting goes on for six months, so in a way you live with the character, and that is your work. A relationship is created and it’s fun. When you read the script, you feel that becoming this character would be enjoyable. So when you get that feeling, it’s always fun to be a part,” he said.
Tahir continues his streak of grey characters in “Force 2” after playing an antagonist in “Mardaani”, the role that was appreciated by the critics and viewers, and even fetched him a best actor in a supporting role nomination at the Filmfare awards.
But he doesn’t want to be typecast as a “baddie”.
“I want to do all kinds of parts. I don’t want to decide at the start that I’ll do certain kind of films, because you start refusing films that way. You are being seen in a specific type, but I don’t want to stick to any one type, whether it’s a lover boy or it’s a grey character, different stuff is what makes it interesting,” he said.
“Force 2” also stars Sonakshi Sinha.
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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