Not surprisingly, in recent times Zee has dropped to number four (after Star Plus, Sony and Colors) in the ratings charts. The channel still exists in a sindoor-blurred world of Mrs Kaushik's bahus and chhoti bahus. (The last time it had a trend-setting show was when we had just switched centuries).
To be fair, Star Plus too has its share of bahus, including India's favourite bahu (if the ratings are to be believed), Gopi, whose powers of observation and discernment would make a newborn infant seem Einstein-like. š¤£But the channel also has a Maryada or an Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon. Maryada is late-night, grown-up viewing, touching on themes such as homosexuality. Iss Pyaarā¦ is erratic and uneven but at its core, it is a sexy love story straight out the pages of a bodice-ripper, with a cruel hero and vulnerable heroine.š
Sony Entertainment Television, always the channel with the cleanest record as far as saas-bahu sagas are concerned, is currently playing Kuch To Log Kahenge, a medical romance based on the hit Pakistani serial, Dhoop Kinare. Despite Kuch To'sā¦ shallow, bratty heroine (the original Dr Zoya was so appealing) and the rather listless chemistry between actors Kritika Kamra and Mohnish Bahl, the serial manages to be different. Sony's other 'hatke' show, Bade Achche Lagte Hain survives on the mature charm of its lead pair, Ram Kapoor and Sakshi Tanwar. Colors is still mostly stuck in its time-worn Balika Vadhu-Uttaran-Laado groove. Currently, it is hoping that reality show Bigg Boss will give it the eyeballs it so badly needs.
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