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Originally posted by: madmaxine
@enigma17: Thanks! It seems to me that the frustration people feel about the lack of story movement or gaps in continuity or just the bullshit that we see sometimes on screen is being attributed (very unfairly, I might add!) to the actors. They really have very little control over the script. I use the word loosely, it's a daily soap, they probably get handwritten sheets of napkins to learn their dialogues from.
The problem isn't the actors. It's the shoddy writing. And honestly, I don't even blame that. Can you imagine how mind-numbing it must be to have to write 20 mins of top notch stuff every single day, Mon to Fri. It's not humanly possible man. The best shows on TV air once a week, and that too not for the whole year. My favorite recent show was Sherlock (on BBC). If you haven't seen it...go watch it now! They had 3 episodes per season, one and a half hours each. It was top-notch. Creativity needs time and effort to shine through. You cannot expect them to write amazing stories every single day. No daily soap has that. Not in India. Not anywhere in the world. So set the bar low to begin with. You'll suffer less.This show works because the leads act well and look good together and the writers are talented enough to write an occasional memorable story line. For me, I suspend disbelief and watch it for fun. That's the only way.
This is the sad mindset of the indian soap opera world. the actors become the face of the serial. really, there is no line between the actor, the character, a person real Vs reel. so tomatoes and roses are thrown at the actors.
I think, indian TV shows arent made for content. they are made for that one person who comes home after a tired day at work and wants to relax. its made for that "average" viewer. much like most of Bollywood movies.
but, i wish IPK was aired once a week. i see the potential and the talent in the IPK team to deliver a topnotch show, but sadly, they have to fall and bow down to the norms of the money making business.
PS: whats with crappy rabbe veys being attibuted to barun and sanaya's unwillingnes to do intimate scenes? This wasnt people thought before the interview was posted. people lapped it all up, so why now? Sobti and Irani's mindset hasnt changed, its the viewers.. which is a bummer
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