Not really to condemn the lakhs of Indian house wives who loathe on the television soap operas, but ladies, please get a grip on your sensibilities!
The Balaji Films quite proudly hosts a bunch of teleserials on every possible existing channel. One word of advice to the story writers or the proud owner who credits herself for the concepts.
Any on-going serial reminds you of a Hindi film either of the past or of the recent past. Say for instance the serial where both the sisters are married to the same guy (not at the same time, of course) bears a keen resemblance to Aaina (a film that starred Jackie Shroff, Juhi Chawla and Amrita Singh) which was released not so long ago.
In fact one has seen story and plot resemblances in two serials of the same production house itself. Where Kyunkii Saas Bhi … had one saas fighting with one bahu, Koi Apna Sa had three bahus fighting with their three respective saasu maas. How’s that for entertainment?
Why does a teleserial maker assume that the watching audience is only women? And why to top it assume that women who are house wives want their real stories depicted on television and watch it in their spare time?
The Hindi television scene definitely lacks variety and the makers seem to be stuck in a ditch of similar ideas and repetitive plots.
Why just five? Any serial could aptly be awarded the worst serial of the year. Even certain serials which start off with a spark seem to be taken to giddy limits just for it to sustain the time slot.
One needs to realize that it is not the length that is going to make something successful. It is a matter of quality VS quantity.
Another thing that is a real turn-off is the fact that there are same faces in every serial on every channel. For a person who does not keep tab how is he supposed to know one story from the other? Sure one understands that the serials are made in a tight budget frame and need to be shot in a specified time period. Wouldn’t it be easier to get newcomers whose talent could be polished and instead could be paid less as well?
One could give countless pointers but the doers have to realize. Until they don’t one has to stick to watching only English channels.