Of late there's a lot of cross-pollination going on… Television seems to get progressively more symbiotic, especially on Sony Entertainment.
Rajeshwari, who plays the spirited social activist in Rihhaee, showed up on the rapidly declining Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin as a fiery protestor charging Armaan (Apurva Agnihotri) with sexual harassment.
Whatever happened to Good Old Jassi, her spectacles and her middle class demeanour? I've never come across a more wayward soap in my life. Everything in Jassi, from the cast of characters to the character of the cast has gone downhill. There was a time when one actually looked forward to seeing Jassi's angelic attempts to find space at a high-class modeling agency. Now, when she's glamorized to look like one of them the shine has gone out of the old wine.
Rihhaee, too, has slumped. From being a hard-hitting look at the crusader's conflicts, it has moved into turgid territory. Last week we even had an item song - if you please! - by one of the Indian Idol finalists Prajakta Shukre. Soon after, a model-friend was bumped off and Shukre began to get threatening calls.
How on earth does this qualify as a women's issue??? Rihhaee is among the better happenings on television in recent times. Let's keep it that way, huh?
I was appalled to see Pooja's elder sister in Sony's Ye Meri Life Hai undergo a 'see' change. The original actress has been replaced without a murmer of explanation. Of course long-running soaps are susceptible to such changes of guard. But shouldn't we be gradually introduced to the radical facial makeover instead of pretending nothing has changed?
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