Originally posted by: sashashyam
Mandy dearest,
First of all, thanks for the morale booster about my looks!
Next, I agree completely with your last sentence, except that I do not know why that is so. See, Jodha Akbar was prime TV property and it must have been raking in the moolah. Now, 2 of
Ekta's new shows, each of which I watched for 2 weeks before dumping it, Ajeeb dastaan hai yeh and Itna karo na mujhse pyaar, with well known actors in the cast -Ronit Roy in the latter- seem to have crashed and burned. The latter had only 1.9 TRP last week, whereas even Ronit's tired old Adaalat had 2.5!
Perhaps there are other new ones from their stable that have done very well. I do not know as I watch very few serials. But I have not heard of any major hits from Balaji last year. So it is not that Balaji has had huge successes with their new shows, and can afford to neglect their old hit serial.
Given this, why do they seem hellbent on sinking their prime product? A great mystery.
As for the prospects of the Salim-Anarkali track, I rate them very low, hairdresser or no hairdresser. That girl is stuck on badmouthing Shehzaade and Shahenshah like an LP stuck in the wrong place. And I have serious doubts about any major improvement in this Salim. So, I am soon going to be reduced to fast forwarding the "young love" segments and watching only the "old shoe love" parts. 😉
Incidentally, I learnt today that only the first few minutes of the episode and the last few minutes count for the TRPs. No wonder the Jalal-Jodha scenes are pasted in at the beginning and the end, especially the precap!😉😉
Shyamala
So true Shyamala Aunty..
It's getting difficult to stick to the show even for the sake of RT, especially when he gets max 5 minutes of the screen space.
As to why PH is ready to sink their boat, I guess it's just a pattern. Ekta and her team of non-Creatives, don't know how to wrap things, when and how to stop. At the same time they are extremely reluctant to let go off a sone ka anda dene wali murgi.. I seriously don't know why they let the old tracks go without closing them and started SA. What happened to Sujamal? Sharifuddin? His long beard dad? What happened to Maha Chucha? Hakim Mirza? Chand Beghum and her daughter? Where is Maharan Pratap?? What happened to Sati Abolition Act? Are they going to show Din-e-Elahi?
Salim and Anarkali.. Salim needs to brush up his skills (if he has some.. Frankly I don't know) And Anarkali needs to do something about her hair. Anyway, I don't have much hope from them. Anarkali badmouthing royal family is a like a stuck record. Much like Jodha in her Ghrina days, isn't it?
We all used to lament about RT and PS intimate scenes. Frankly I feel, they have improved wondrously. Where as this new pair (for me) lacks of even the basic of chemistry.
It's really really sad what's happening to JA..
Btw, A Very Happy New Year to you All !! 😊 My wishes are a little off the mark (probably by 4-5 days 😛) but are heartfelt none the less..