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I f you find grandparents falling in love in your favourite soap, don't feel offended. It has nothing to do with dying morals. Be it Pallavi (Achint Kaur), a grandmother going gaga over Mr. Mehra (Anup Soni) in Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki on Star TV or Mira (Shubhavi) falling head over heels in love with Mihir (Ronit Roy) in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, the phenomenon only shows that the desire for love has nothing to do with age.
The K serials are replete with many such elderly characters falling in love. Producer Shobha Kapoor defends this by saying, "Why can't a person fall in love at 50? With age what changes is just the body, not the heart and feelings." Besides, the actors playing these characters are also quite convinced about the roles they play as they feel it's no fiction. Says Achint, "People have been falling in love at all ages. In fact I've seen people getting married at 50. We are just showing the so called metro-culture on the small screen and it is going down quite well with the people." Ronit, who plays Mihir says, "these issues were a taboo earlier but as society is evolving, all these issues are coming out of the closet. I don't see anything wrong with elderly people falling in love." Interestingly age fails to show on the faces of our glamourous, aging stars on TV.
So is it just a media creation? Says Jitendra Gill, a researcher in Public Culture, "Media mirrors society. It not only shows what happens in society but also projects what people aspire for." Today media is just projecting "popular culture," where extra-marital affairs and unwed mothers are as acceptable as old age love, says Jitendra. But society has yet not evolved to accept these issues without raising eyebrows. It's a symbiotic relationship between the media and the viewers where both feed off each other.
I f you find grandparents falling in love in your favourite soap, don't feel offended. It has nothing to do with dying morals. Be it Pallavi (Achint Kaur), a grandmother go- ing gaga over Mr. Mehra (Anup Soni) in Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki on Star TV or Mira (Shubhavi) falling head over heels in love with Mihir (Ronit Roy) in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, the phenomenon only shows that the desire for love has nothing to do with age. The K serials are replete with many such elderly characters falling in love. Producer Shobha Kapoor de- fends this by saying, "Why can't a person fall in love at 50? With age what changes is just the body, not the heart and feelings." Besides, the actors playing these characters are also quite convinced about the roles they play as they feel it's no fiction. Says Achint, "People have been falling in love at all ages. In fact I've seen people getting mar- ried at 50. We are just showing the so called metro-culture on the small screen and it is going down quite well with the people." Ronit, who plays Mihir says, "these issues were a taboo earlier but as society is evolving, all these is- sues are coming out of the closet. I don't see anything wrong with elder- ly people falling in love." Interesting- ly age fails to show on the faces of our glamourous, aging stars on TV. So is it just a media creation? Says Jitendra Gill, a researcher in Public Culture, "Media mirrors soci- ety. It not only shows what happens in society but also projects what peo- ple aspire for." Today media is just projecting "popular culture," where extra-marital affairs and unwed mothers are as acceptable as old age love, says Jitendra. But society has yet not evolved to accept these issues without raising eyebrows. It's a sym- biotic relationship between the me- dia and the viewers where both feed off each other.
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