Ambitious sagas gone wrong? Suddenly, we're being inundated with shows based on prejudices between the girl child and the son. But one look at the promos of Betiyann (Zee) and Paraya Dhan (Star One), and you won't be surprised to see why we're cringing. It's all good and everything to highlight this bias, but we're pretty sure we're going to see the show's tides change only after we've endured a good couple of bigoted episodes. Really, don't channels and producers have any fresh ideas? | |||||||
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And what's with the powers that be at Star One? Not too long ago, they were proclaiming from the rooftops about how they wouldn't touch regressive soaps with a barge pole. And then they blame Ekta Kapoor for her clichs. |