Originally posted by: PSharada
Aarmabh was in pre production for more than 8 months - They spent huge on the show and the actors dedicated lot of time to learn horse riding and other stuff. They got in the writer from Bahubali itself to create the show for TV. Agreed the budget is huge but why do they pressure the PHs so much so soon. Give it some time to reel the audience in. Porus is also a huge budget show now but when you are trying to do a game changer you need to invest time and effort to nurture it. The moment the TRPs don't come you cut short the shooting and close it off and launch a crap show with no head or tail - How will the audience even feel connected to the channel ? TRPs come out of loyalty and most audience don't tune in because they sample all the shows across every channel and then stick to one. Usually audience is used to tuning in to a particular channel and they kind of keep doing it every day unless something extraordinary is coming on different channel. But these kind of early demise of shows makes audience frustrated and they stop tuning in. After Aarambh, IPK3 - I really feel SP has lost its core audience somewhere. They are not tuning in to the channel no matter what and the channel heads have only themselves to blame. The actors too feel cheated after being promised something and they end up doing something else for TRPs, The PHs whose afternoon shows were cancelled in 2 weeks notice even when they had lot of stuff to show would be feeling the same.
I wouldn't be surprised if PHs and actors start to be wary of doing a show for SP. Barun must have been disappointed to end up doing a rehash version of ASR for IPK3. He must have been pumped up to do a anti hero role but then SP diluted it to make it a poor version of ASR 1.0. SP should learn that just by getting few BW celebrities or getting in new shows is not going to get it TRPs. Unless they start giving content and stand by their new shows and allow it to grow pretty much SP would be losing audience only. I feel it will take a very long time for SP to get to number 1 position.
I think in the case of Arambh they were counting on the Bahubali audience which made it a huge hit to view it. I've watched the Bahubali movie many times, but I just could not connect with the story they were showing on TV. The writer was the movie writer and he also wrote Bajrang Baijan, so he is a good writer. But writing for TV and movies are different and they focused on so many things they left the story for last.
In the case of IPK3, I think the focus was similar. The costumes for instance. I read a Shirali interview which said something about an IPKKND line, I assume accessories. Now why would they think of something like that even before the story aired. Gul Khan called Barun James Bond. We hardly heard about the rest of the cast before air. They should have given more focus to the rest of the cast, Shivani during that Star show where Barun wore a mask. They should have introduced them as a pair I think or brought her out in the end.
I don't know the cost per episode of IPK3, but Arambh was costly and if TRPs are paying for them then I think the channel will treat it different than a less costly one. Ultimately it comes down to economics. Star Plus has spent a lot of money on IPL so the management will try to keep their jobs and shows that cost a lot would be expected to produce results faster I think. I am just speculating of course, don't know what actually happens. But I think huge budgets are generally bad for anything. Look at Padmavathi, it will be a huge climb just to break even because of the budget. Budgets are not just numbers or suggestions, people in showbiz need to treat them more seriously. Having a vision is nice as an artist, but it takes money and ultimately that is what matters. It is show business after all.
Edited by Mangothyme - 7 years ago
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