Originally posted by: jamba111
Personally, I think the bigger issue is the insane schedules they have - not the paychecks. These guys shoot each epi on a day by day basis - to be aired the next day. There's no episode bank built up, which is completely NUTS.😕
For daily soaps in the US, the scenes are shot about 6 weeks before they actually air. This allows the actors to have some semblance of a normal life like 5 day work weeks, vacations, allowances for sick days, etc.
The best example I can think of is when SI lost her voice during that confrontation scene after the wedding. If this had been shot well in advance, they would have had time to allow her voice to recover, and then dub the scene, as opposed to having to use a stand in voice 😕
Until production values improve on Indian soaps, we're going to continue seeing the use of body doubles, stressed out actors and shoddy editing.
I think that can only be combated with trust in their storylines, which honestly no PH has because its all about the TRPs. And to be fair, their schedules are crazy because of us, we go crazy every time a BD shows up. I'm sure so do other show fans like Bade Ache Lagety's, but Ekta just ignores it. She focuses on the actors in that case.
I can see the aprehension here with the PH, given the show and PH is new, but its going to be a year now, and they've made really good shows in the past, so I'm hoping once this track ends, they'll get a better grip. They don't have to OD on mushy A-K scenes, in fact even with the RDR we don't have to see just 20 mins of A-K. They can start moving it around. I feel selfish for enjoying 20 mins of footage of overworked actors, I have a super busy lifestyle with very little sleep and I get cranky, but I do get my weekends for some rest, something these two don't get. And its probably more stresful for him because he's still newly-married and would like to spend more time with his wife and at home. Sanaya still lives at home so its a little bit easier for her, but still, overworked actors needn't be daisy fresh 24x7 and the moment they're not, it'll reflect on their work onscreen... Like Barun's eyes last week, it did look like he had pulled multiple all-nighters!
And US shows have like a min of 15 main characters, so they can switch multiple storylines in a week... This show has 4 main characters and they focus only on the 2.. so its definitely harder.
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