Best of ’08: Top 10 controversies on TV

Best of '08: Top 10 controversies on TV

Unlike other times, year 2008 has been quite controversial in the world of television. We take a look at all the small screen fiascos that grabbed the headlines through the year.



Controversy No1: Sudden Adieu to Ekta's Kyunki
Ekta career started off with Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi about 8 years ago on Star Plus. The soap gave her immense name and fame and made her from 'Ekta' to the 'Soap Queen Ekta'. But she herself couldn't have imagined that the show which made her prove herself would be pulled off some day. It had to abruptly wind up and with it end a big television era in November.

Controversy No 2: Prachi Desai heads to Bollywood
Prachi Desai, who rose to fame as Bani, decided to quit Kasamh Se as she wanted to move to greener pastures – read Bollywood. However it seems mentor Ekta wasn't very happy with the move and it took a whole lot of pleading for Desai to be back in Ekta's good books.

Controversy No 3: Month Long Blackout
Worker's strike followed by producer's strike and then junior artist kept the viewers of small screen waiting for fresh episodes as the strike lead to a one month blackout. Further this how ever came to an end after a long talk where the matter was finally resolved.

Controversy No 4: Smriti quits Kyunki and then comes back
Smriti launched her own production house last year which didn't go down well with Ekta Kapoor. Soon enough we heard of Smriti's departure from Kyunki. Tulsi's character was replaced by Gautami Kapoor. However after few months, falling TRPs for Ekta and flop production projects for Smriti forced the two to bury their differences and Smriti was soon back as Tulsi again.

Controversy No 5: First Heer, then Prem sacked from Kis Des…
Additi Gupta who played the female protagonist of Kis Des Mein Hai Mera Dil was sacked soon after the show went on air for throwing tantrums on the sets. However she decided to mend her ways and was back in a week. But with her return, we saw the exit of Harshad Chopra. His character was made to die as he was in trouble with the producers for not giving required time for shooting. But he too came back after 2 months!

Controversy No 6: Ekta's Mahabharat going off-air
There was immense hype surrounding Ekta's magnum opus, Kahaani Hamaare Mahabharat Kii even before it was telecast on TV. But it turned out to be a colossal disappointment for all of Ekta's fans, as it failed in terms of direction, acting, costumes and cinematography. It is tipped to go off-air soon as the shooting has been stalled for more than two months.

Controversy No 7: Rajshree Thakur sacked from Saat Phere
Rajshree Thakur who played Saloni in Zee TV's Saat Phere was accused of throwing tantrums on the sets and demanding more money than producers thought she deserved. Miss Newly Married too was finding it difficult to adjust and give the assigned time to the show. So she will leave the show in January 2009 by mutual consent between her and the channel.

Controversy No 8: Kasauti, Kyunki and Kahaani… finally off air.
No one (neither the stars nor the viewers) could have ever imagined that big shows like Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki, Kasauti Zindagi Ki and Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi which have kept audiences glued since 2000 to bid adieu to their fans in such an unexpected manner. The drooping TRPs off the show caused them to be pulled off air after an eight year long run.

Controversy No 9: Raja Chaudhary makes news for all the wrong reasons
Bigg Boss 2 runner-up and Shweta Tiwari's ex-husband Raja Chaudhary has been in the news for controversial reasons after wrapping up Bigg Boss 2. Starting with his misbehavior at Sanjay Nirupam's party followed by misbehaving with a female astrologer, to being arresting for driving-under-influence and stealing clothes and shoes worth Rs.10, 000 from Zulfi Syed's showroom at Sahara Star, Raja Chaudhary has hogged the limelight for nothing praise-worthy. No wonder all his housemates think he needs psychiatric treatment.

Controversy No 10: Failure of shows from Smriti Irani's production house
Smriti started her production house with Thodi Zameen, Thoda Aasmaan (Star Plus) late last year. The show ended in mid 08'. She further tried her luck as a producer with Viruddh (Sony), Mere Apne (9X) followed by Waaris (Zee TV) which hardly ran for two months. Clearly, this successful TV star is not a successful TV producer. After all, not everyone is as smart as Queen Bee Ekta Kapoor.

http://www.indya.com/news/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2008/December/News_20081229_181

Vandana Shukla, Hill Road Media

Monday, December 29, 2008

WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!! WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? ADDITI THROWING TANRUMS, WHICH IS WHY SHE WAS SACKED, THEN HARSHAD - NOT MAKING TIME FOR SHOOTING?!!!!!

IF THERE GOING TO REPORT - DO IT PROPERLY. WE ALL KNOW THIS IS ALL A BUNCH OF RUMOURS AND NOTHING MORE. ADDITI WASN'T SACKED O BEGIN WITH, AND HARSHAD (PREM) WAS PLANNED TO BE KILLED FROM THE BEGININNG. WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY LOOKING TO SPARK CONTERVERSIES!!!!!!!!11

yess...yess..!! harshu's bakkk....yaayyyy!!😛

Kis desh rockk on...!!

Jui{4evr Premeerian & Harshitian}

Hmmmm... well this is quite cheap journalism. I'm pretty sure neither of them have ever been sacked. Heer's 'death' was just a publicity stunt, and Prem's 'death', a twist in the story. Heer was 'dead' for a day, I think. Even when Harshad was supposed to have 'left' the show, he was rumoured to be still doing some other work with Ekta. So, how can they say they were sacked, using these pathetic excuses? Btw, did Harshad really leave? He kept popping up in flashbacks, and Heer's imagination, and then we had a month long strike, after which he was back!