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I am from the media industry and as I read through IF and now heard BS's interview; few things come to mind -
1. In a situation like this where a show has a huge following and the lead actor quits and fans react, first few things that a channel will always do is get the actor to connect with the audience -
- written interviews
- radio interviews
- personalized articles
Etc
Audience feels you are in some way hearing from the actor. This is better than complete and confusing silence.
Then channel cautiously continues with the show, gives some good episodes, pleases the audience and calms down the uproar to some extend. The inevitable happens anyways but when it happens, the audience is not in screaming mode. Audience might be in the mood to wait n see... Then. If a good story can be formed, audience might continue watching although not with the same passion. Bt then there are many shows that have nothing great to show but have completed more than 1000 episodes. The Trps come from different set of audience.
What everyone wants to avoid right now is a PR mess and if any drastic decision is taken now, it will be knee jerk so the only option right now is to calm down the fans to some extend and that can happen through regular connection with the stars - Baruntoday, Sanaya next Friday!!!!
Rest is all viewership, Trps and business as usual anyways.
So given some time, we might cool down and accept the inevitable and then Both channel & PH can do what they want Nyways.
If we want an immediate reaction, the calls, emails etc should not stop... Only continuous pressure will get us the response we deserve. Without this, the channel and PH might lose a set of fans but they will not lose its regular audience and business goes on.
At least let them not insult our intelligence. The current actions are just tactics and not real. Good PR strategy though.
Basically, the show is over. Barun has quit. And Star has lost a set of fans.
Life continued !!!!
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