Character Assassination DT Note pg5 - Page 3

Originally posted by: poiu123

Use of Caps is not allowed.

Originally posted by: -mina-

I guess what frustrates me right now is the sense that she isn't allowed to be her own hero - I like the way you put that. Setting aside actually saving herself - she isn't even allowed to get angry or defensive on her own behalf. That just feels so unreal. Even a woman who is powerless can feel anger. And Pragya isn't powerless, she just accepts herself as such.

Originally posted by: deefan

Ekta, by virtue of her success, has figured out her TRP audience better than we ever could. She's catering to people from all walks- her characters overall I think cater to a vast majority- in the sense that they have something in each character that satisfies a huge number of people. As much as I get angry sometimes seeing women shown in this light, she's running a business and she will do whatever it takes to make it succeed. The only reason she would revamp is if the TRPs force her to.

It doesn't make it right but in her world, she has no reason to change a winning formula. Its huge ly ironic that a woman is ruling the world of soaps with regressive behavior!

Originally posted by: swati1975us

This is simply not true. Just look around at what is on air these days. Kumkum Bhagya is an aberration - a fluke success. Nothing else on air with high TRPs is quite as regressive as KKB. This is the same Ekta who's also producing Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, Jodha Akbar, Itna Karo na Mujhe Pyar etc. Even her small budget show on Sony Pal - Yeh Dil Sun Raha Hai has a terrific character of a mother who is a senior bureaucrat who takes on corrupt politicians and criminals. It is neither the fault of Ekta nor the viewers in general.

I'd blame the writers - KKB has some of the worst writers on Balaji's payroll right now. They can't engaging dramatic twists so they go for OTT plot twists that just don't fly. Also, the dialogues are cringeworthy - whoever wrote that kumkum line deserves ek zordaar tamacha from me.

edit to add: Turns out the doofus responsible for writing the epic pati bhajans on KKB is Dheeraj Sarna, the man who wrote the crap dialogues for Chhanchhan as well.

Originally posted by: -mina-

I am interested in your point about other shows. So granted KKB compares disfavourably with the other Ekta shows you listed, but other than TRP topper DABH, aren't the other popular shows these days more in the regressive saas bahu camp? It constantly amazes me that SNS keeps making top 5 (and I do like SNS, I just can't believe it's so popular still) and YKKH too. I'm not on top of the current tracks on these other shows but I'd be fascinated to know if in context with them KKB would still count as a fluke.

Also I'm pretty convinced that KKB is between 30-70% meta-farce at any given time. The writers don't take themselves seriously.

Originally posted by: -mina-

Also I'm pretty convinced that KKB is between 30-70% meta-farce at any given time. The writers don't take themselves seriously.

Originally posted by: fire_whisky

"Aapne aaj jo mere kumkum pe ehsaan kiya hai, usse mai kabh nahi bhoolungi!"

Is it for real? What has this show come down to? It's assassinating Pragya's character altogether.
How many of you were actually okay with how the apology came out to be? Sorry bol ke ehsaan kar raha thha kya?

Okay, I mean we get that Pragya is in love with Abhishek, but man com'on Love does not cost self respect. Does it now?
Mera Ego bahut bada hai, mujhe apni galti ka ehsaas ho gaya hai and what not crap! God, for once this was Pragya's track. She should have been given certain amount of space. Her character needs to breathe. Where's the fire? Where's that bold woman?

Disheartened. Feeling let down as a woman.