Audience response solicited for serial

Audience response solicited for serial twists

Tenzin Dechen | Hyderabad

The trials and tribulations of bahus on primetime draw the viewers€™ sympathy and small screen romances fascinate audiences. Milind-Prachi of Star Plus€™ Kayamath is a favourite couple whom audiences don€™t want to see breaking up. The channel has received a tremendous response asking for a patch up between the two, who are headed for divorce on the show.

Star Plus senior creative director Anupama Mandloi is excited about the feedback. "This romance has caught the fancy of viewers and they just don€™t want to see the couple separate. We have got so many emails asking us not to let them separate. We€™ll take their response into account, as long as it benefits the show. Any long running serial is a give and take process," she says.

Not only Kayamath, but also other television shows take viewers€™ response seriously. Producer Jay Mehta (Sindoor Tere Naam Ka, Solhah Singaarr) points out that TRPs are a deciding factor. "We get lots of mails about the shows and the TRPs are also an indicator of the audience€™s response. We incorporate whatever feedback we get within the parameters of the original story," he explains.

Producer Sunjoy Waddhwa agrees that the findings of market surveys alter the serial tracks. "We have a master story which we stick to for the first 50-80 episodes. After that, we maintain the main plot, but certain roles are either lessened or explored more," he says.

Soap addict Parveen Banu is absorbed by the twists and turns in the plot. "I watch serials from 8 pm to 11.30 pm on weekdays. The stories are full of sorrow and the protagonists face so many challenges. That€™s what makes it so interesting. When you watch a show everyday, you get involved in the characters€™ lives," she says.

Another regular viewer, Shah Jahan Begum speaks fondly of her favourite character, Prachi.

"She is such a sweet girl who always gets blamed for things when it€™s not her fault. Even then, she quietly bears all the pain. I hope she gets justice. All€™s well that ends well, so I hope the serial makers will clear all the misunderstandings and give us a happy ending," she adds.

Soap addicts feel passionately involved in their favourite shows. Luckily for them, the serial makers are only too happy to change the tracks according to audience feedback.

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i wish star ppl keep their promise & don't separate milind-prachi !!! 😛

we all just love shabbir & panchi as milind-prachi !!! 😛

shabbir -panchi pair truly reaches our soul ,i wud rather say shabbir & panchi have penetrated the souls & minds of all of us !!! 😛i am a crazy fan of shabbir-panchi pair fan & i really want shabbir & panchi to be a real life pair ,i wish from the bottom of my heart & all the fans of shabbir-panchi pair wishes tht shabbir & panchi pair is a pair made in heaven & they shud be a real life pair too!!!! 😳😳

star ppl very well know tht the fans don't wanna see the divorce b/w milind-prachi ,so i hope they respect our emotions & don't show the pathetic divorce b/w milind-prachi !!!!

love shabbir -panchi pair from the bottom of my heart !!😃

shabbir-panchi we all ove u sooooooooooo much & also hoping to see both of u becoming a real life pair too!!! 😳😳

Originally posted by: candyfloss

thx but ididnt understand 50-80 episodes....does this mean MP r temporary? 😕

Thx for the article Bones dear Candy please don't go down in the dumps now the 50 -80 epis were finished long back on Neev Prachi track. If you remember correctly Kayamath started airing in February of 2007 it was Neev and Prachi the serial introduced, Milind Prachi didn't happen till mid of July 2007 that gives us a total of 4 months of the serial on the Neev Prachi track. Keeping in view that KYM is aired 4 days every week and all months have 4-5 weeks it gives us an estimate of 16-20 episodes per month and given NP track 4 months we get an estimate of around 70-75 episodes on them which concludes that the shift in the story was a need. Now it's a high profile demand so Milind Prach are here to stay for good.😊

candy i think sanjay wadhwa is not associated with kayamath ,kayamath's producers r BT PPL ,sanjay might be soemother shows producer who is just giving his views abt the trp of the shows & maintainning them like the jay mehta giving his views for sindoor !!

so candy no wories tht 50-60- epi here means the kayamath ,milind-prachi pair is a permanent pair !!

no worries !!! for milind-prachi /shabbir -panchi pair😊

So they will take into account our respones only if it benefits the show? Well my answer to this is that our response and change of track WILL benefit the show....Why don't the creatives realise that! And good to see Milind and Prachi's names being taken so frequently in articles and so on! We've made Michi famous! lol...
Well there is a good chance of their winning the favourite couple award in SPA!!! Hope they win!! I LOVE THEM!!
But this article has given me a new hope that they may not have a divorce!! Is it the same with you all too???

Thanks for the article.... seems like Kayamath fans have set quite a precedence😊
So we wont get the divorce this time around... but they arent committing to the fact that Michi will never break up in the future... I feel they do have a track ready for seperating Michi and getting them back together much later. They would have gladly gone ahead with that now... but had to put it on hold due to the audience demand... I am sure after a track or 2 another seperation will surely come up.... that is the entire give and take policy the creative director is talking about😡

as long as the feelings of the viewers & fans r respected it always benefits the show 😛 ,
star ppl r really stupid if they don't respect the fans feelings !!!

Originally posted by: sita11

as long as the feelings of the viewers & fans r respected it always benefits the show 😛 ,
star ppl r really stupid if they don't respect the fans feelings !!!

No but i think they do, otherwise they wouldnt have been giving interviews like this....they have always done it when they are sure that they will liosten to the audience...remember after Mihir's death they gave a large no. of these interviews saying that audience response matters a lot, and so Mihir was brought back...They were sure of his re-entry, hence they spoke about it so publicly...So they won't be bad enough to show us false hopes and then shatter them...The audience can make life hell for them then!!! So dont worry, just eb positive!

Originally posted by: tweety_me14

No but i think they do, otherwise they wouldnt have been giving interviews like this....they have always done it when they are sure that they will liosten to the audience...remember after Mihir's death they gave a large no. of these interviews saying that audience response matters a lot, and so Mihir was brought back...They were sure of his re-entry, hence they spoke about it so publicly...So they won't be bad enough to show us false hopes and then shatter them...The audience can make life hell for them then!!! So dont worry, just eb positive!

yup !! tweety mihir was brought back in show on Publics demand !!

i wish tht star ppl respects our emotions ,but they really take ages to agree to the demands of the fans & viewers !!

neverthless !! we all as graet fans shud always be positive like u said tweety !!😛 lets be positive & hope for the best 😃

Originally posted by: sita11

as long as the feelings of the viewers & fans r respected it always benefits the show 😛 ,
star ppl r really stupid if they don't respect the fans feelings !!!

yeah they must be really stupid if at all they don't