Rival Site- Chanchan starts off decently

Producer Vipul Shah said, "It is a good start though I expected the opening TRP to be around 1.9. I am confident though that we will really produce the big numbers post the IPL. A simple story well told always works. My characters always have grey shades. Plus I am very lucky to have been blessed with a great cast. The chemistry between Sanya Irani and Supirya Pathak is mind blowing. I also feel that that the added element of the female protagonist being a dog trainer and a lead actress like Sanaya essaying the role has added freshness to the mix. Rather than just judging the performance of the serial simply by its opening numbers, we should keep in mind that the Chhanchhan has generated very positive vibes."

When asked if the 9pm time slot was a challenging one for the show, Vipul replied, "Any time slot may be challenging. At 7.30pm Saraswatichandra on Star Plus is aired and at 8.30pm we have the highly popular Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah on SAB TV."

A source who did not want to be named said that these numbers are very good for a challenging platform like Sony TV. We also got to know that a channel honcho was expecting a TRP between 1.2 and 1.4. We may thereby infer that the channel must be quite happy with the opening TRP.