Saturday, December 15, 2012

Talking about serials on television........

I get hooked on to certain serials simply because the storylines have a certain catchy trend. Be it in Hindi or Malayalam - and I suppose it's the same in other languages too - many of them begin on a very promising note with strong characters who're principled. And there's nothing nicer than to see good triumphing over evil, in the end.

The three serials that I watch, off and on, these days are:-
            (a) Kunkumappovu (Malayalam) on Asianet on all working days from 2130 to 2200h.
            (b) Kya hothi utharan (Hindi) on Colors on all working days from 2200 to 2230h and
            (c) Bade achhe lagte hain(Hindi) on Sony from Monday to Thursday from 2230 to 2300h.

I find that most of the serials have the same disheartening trends. Probably getting carried away with high TRPs, the makers of the serials stretch the storylines to absurd limits rendering some of the characters -  that one loved for their steadfastness and principles - to become monsters or weak 'uns, making one detest them and in turn, hate the serials too, in toto.

Don't the makers of the serials understand this or is it that they don't care? Why can't they keep their narrations short and taut? Why don't they take their viewers seriously and understand that they too have the basic intelligence to sift the chaff from the grain?

Now consider the following characters in the serials, mentioned above, ad seriatim:-
            (a) Jayanthi's affinity for Shalini does not seem to raise doubts as to what the reason could
                 be, in her husband and son. And they're shown to be logical at the beginning. Have their
                 senses got dulled over time?
            (b) Mr. Rathore, the husband of Tapasya and the father of Mukta, was a very strong guy
                  to begin with but is now shown as an irresponsible guy, willing to disappear from
                  the scene, at the drop of a hat, when his wife and daughter are in serious trouble.
            (c) Ram Kapoor was a reasonable and loving husband at first but the same guy
                  has become one of the most unreasonable chaps and he, himself looks unconvinced.
                  Has he suffered a head injury?

Probably, I'm an impatient viewer and want the serial to come out with the logical end at the earliest. But for the serial makers that doesn't make good business sense. And there in lies the dichotomy!


Tailpiece.

I must ease out on my serial viewing and concentrate more on reality shows, perhaps!!
      

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