I firmly disagree on this. As much as we find the leads to be adorable, a show cannot run on this alone. Aura and Pravisht could star in a Disney teen drama and just look cute and share banter and we can watch them all day.
But if the makers have taken responsibility to show a series with a social message, they need to stick to it or maybe continue to stay relevant.
But that's what our Indian channels do. On Colors alone, we have so many shows where they pick socially relevant topics and butcher it with stupid storylines.
Uttaran (Dignity of Labour), Bairi Piya (Farmer Suicides), Na Aana Is Des Lado (female infanticide), Bhagyavidhaata (groom kidnapping), Dil Se Dil Tak (Surrogacy), KrishnaDasi (Devdasi emancipation), Phulwa (dacoits), Udaan (casteism and bonded child labour), Devanshi (superstition and God men), Ishq ka rang Safed (widow remarriage), and ofcourse currently running Shakti (LGBTQI)
Just some of the shows I started watching where you just cross 50 episodes and the social message flies out of the window and all people talk about is how deeply the male lead was staring into the female lead's eyes, love triangles, if the food was cooked properly or not, if they consummated their marriage or not, etc. etc.
Those who have begun watching Barrister Babu for it's theme want to see a husband fight to educate his wife against all odds, not kitchen politics of mothers convincing their daughters to seduce old men or murder conspiracies with termite poison which neither changes smell or taste of food and works in phases.
If we want a show to improve quality, the only way is to stop or reduce watching it, so that CVs take steps to fix it.
Edited by NiharikaMishra - 4 years ago