Originally posted by: Missesha
Really, is it viewers' demand to see Saas bahu saajish or makers' inability to think beyond saas bahu drama?
I thought Ekta kapoor's serials started making loss due to over dose of saas-bahu.
I thought people found BV unique and interesting because it did not have Saas bahu.
I clearly remember people showing displeasure with the entries of negative characters like saanchi and DB
I clearly remember people applauding Anandi for both physically and virtually slapping Jagya for his misdeeds, choosing to make someone out of herself in adversities and finally living blissfully with a man like Shiv.
So technically, what exactly suggests that people (viewers) like meek leads, and want to see Saas bahu drama only?
It is ok, if some section of viewers find Anandi's actions justified and can make sense out of the current story line, but that does not generalise that people are interested in Saas bahu saga and complicated relationships only.
It's simple: Makers cannot think beyond saas bahu and they do not want to end their show which had come to it's logical end way back. So they are continuing the show even with illogical tracks. As long it works commercially well, they will go ahead with it.
Let's not blame viewers to justify creatives' inabilities.
Makers cannot think beyond Saas Bahu saga - why does every show fall back on this saas bahu drama?
Every show which starts out as something different falls back on this when the TRPs fall.
I remember a show on Colors channel - which was so different about a girl who grew up in Chambal valley and because it didn;t get TRPs they converted that into Saas Bahu drama in the most illogical way and then they shut shop
Then there was another one about a girl who has ambitions of becoming business magnate and started off taking on a big business maganate and ended up as Bahu no 1
These are the shows which used to be my favourite but turned into saas bahu drama s for commercial purposes.
So why blame the makers alone - why don't people watch when something different is offered to them?
Then why only saas bahu sagas and complicated relationship stories are topping the list now?
Whether we admit or not BV is a family drama and Anandi is bahu no1 beti no 1 and they succeeded as long as the family drama element and the messgaes that they wanted to give through the tracks came out well
There were many tracks in BV which were purely social message oriented like Anandi's school track adult education track and her social service tracks - which never really saw any heights
The TRPs came from the family drama Anandi slapping Jagya that had all the elements of commercial entertainer and also everytime Gauri travelled all the way to Jaitser and put down Anandi the TRPs went up - what was that ? Souten drama packaged in social message or is it social message packaged in souten drama?
Why is it objectionable if we talk about viewer's tastes? Why do shows where leads getting married and unmarried and remarried get the most viewership? Why do those soaps make more money?
Why all the saas bahu sagas and sopas where a truck load of women trying to out do each other inorder to get the keys to the safe make it to the top ?
All the top shows have one or all these elements - Shows obviously become hit because of the no of people who watch it.
Why blame the makers alone for trying to appeal to the single largest denominator? Are they here for self less purpose or are they here to make money?
Sorry but it is two way street.
If Ekta Kapoor went out of business it is because of people if she is back doing the same thing then it's also because of people (viewers)
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