Hey II ,
Can't remember the link to Ajai Sinha's interview.
But I remember him saying that certain characters and scenes were influenced by real life people he knows.
He claimed to know an IAS officer who was very scared of dogs and used that in a scene where Saurabh takes his morning walk.
He also mentioned that he is a civil engineer,living in Mumbai for many years and changed his profession for the love of direction and film making.
Don't remember any reference to Bihar.(mentioning it for your reference...did get Wahwah's sarcasm)
It's the audience who started to relate different characters to real life and incidents and have the same expectations even now.That's why these days everything seemd far fetched.They are making a serial for money you know,not a documentary on illicit relationships.
We should stop seeking too much realism in these soaps.
Astitva is definitely much better than most other current soaps.Read somewhere that it's the most popular show overseas,along with Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.
I know what I have written is mostly irrelevant in this post.
Didn't want to start another topic on Ajai Sinha.
Shall send you the link if I remember.
Cheers
Edited by Akshata - 20 years ago