Originally posted by: sashashyam
Manasi dear, I never felt that Ekta was in the least afraid of the protests. She was much cleverer in handling them than poor Ashutosh Gowarikar, who used to come on TV shows and try with great sincerity to convince the Karni Sena of his bonafides vis a vis the Rajput community. Also she had the advantage that unlike the case with a film, it is not easy to boycott a TV serial and shut down its telecasts even in parts of the country.
>>to be honest... i was actually glad with protests (such is my bitterness for ekta) , not wanted her to even touch this subject .
while in case of ashutosh gowarikar's JA i was too excited & wanted it anyhow to pass all the hurdles...😛
So in August 2013, when she went and met the Karni Sabha leader and assured him that she would do anything and everything necessary to assuage their "hurt" feelings, many of my young friends went into mourning thinking that the show would be closed down. I tried to comfort them by assuring them that nothing of the sort would happen, nor would Ekta change the name of the show. Of course I was proved right, for she cocked a snook at the protests and did precisely nothing, bar changing Rajput to Rajvanshi in the script.
>>even i was sure about this , that show will go nowhere & it already got popularized by that name...which was simply another point in her favour .
i think only difference was EK actually agreed to do some manipulations in script & AG...he was not ready to make any compromises on that part thus resulting in its ban in rajasthan .
One has to hand it to Ekta; she is really one smart cookie!
>>😆😆
Shyamala Aunty