Stop at 'Why' before 'When'...

Dear Friends,

Channel ppl don't know when to end their serial. When a serial does well, they want to prolong it to as long as possible and that's the biggest mistake. They make a good serial into a unbearable dragfest. Later even the loyal viewers start cursing it and want it to end. Eg. Uttran and now LTL.

@LTLFan, After March 28, I did not watch a single LTL episode, instead went to Youtube to catch up with Love Story....what surprised me the viewing in YT is so high per episode, infact I doubt if there is any episode of LTL have been watched that many times as Love Story in YT....I never knew it was such a popular serial...infact in many comments in YT the fans want it to come back once again...yes this is what a serial be like, once it is off the fans wanting to see it once again....encore as they call it....it means your job is well done and well appreciated and not thank god at last it is over!

Originally posted by: tintiny

@LTLFan, After March 28, I did not watch a single LTL episode, instead went to Youtube to catch up with Love Story....what surprised me the viewing in YT is so high per episode, infact I doubt if there is any episode of LTL have been watched that many times as Love Story in YT....I never knew it was such a popular serial...infact in many comments in YT the fans want it to come back once again...yes this is what a serial be like, once it is off the fans wanting to see it once again....encore as they call it....it means your job is well done and well appreciated and not thank god at last it is over!

Wish the serials had a fixed time period..this way both the production houses the channels and would have tried to give their best. shot. If the serial was really appreciated by the viewers then the next season could have been brought.

I doubt if the creatives have any clear cut story line with a climax in mind. looks like they just keep on stretching it according to their whims and fancy😡

Many a times I had tried to watch a few episodes of BUN....but couldn't take the torture for more than 5-7 minutes. And it is not only with colors but many of the other channels. .. The various twists and turns are like beating a dead horse.

The depths to which LTL-2 has fallen makes me think that perhaps is is better that an actor like Mishal is not associated with it...... But I guess at times my selfish desire to see Dutta = Mishal back surfaces😍 "The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing."

I agree with your MIL out here.I don't know if it Ganer Oparey she was talking about. I have watched a few episodes serial ..really different from the rest with great songs. Luckily caught the one hour special episode last night and my thoughts were exactly the same "Why LTL could not have been given a better and Happy Fairy Tale ending with Tasha reunion ??"

Originally posted by: LTLFan

Even i want to watch Love stroy, but i'm not comfortable watching serials in YT, as my net is quite slow. Though i watched one episode, which was very good. I would be very happy if they could re-telecast it on Sab-TV.

Originally posted by: ivy_11

Wish the serials had a fixed time period..this way both the production houses the channels and would have tried to give their best. shot. If the serial was really appreciated by the viewers then the next season could have been brought.

I doubt if the creatives have any clear cut story line with a climax in mind. looks like they just keep on stretching it according to their whims and fancy😡

Many a times I had tried to watch a few episodes of BUN....but couldn't take the torture for more than 5-7 minutes. And it is not only with colors but many of the other channels. .. The various twists and turns are like beating a dead horse.

The depths to which LTL-2 has fallen makes me think that perhaps is is better that an actor like Mishal is not associated with it...... But I guess at times my selfish desire to see Dutta = Mishal back surfaces😍 "The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing."

I agree with your MIL out here.I don't know if it Ganer Oparey she was talking about. I have watched a few episodes serial ..really different from the rest with great songs. Luckily caught the one hour special episode last night and my thoughts were exactly the same "Why LTL could not have been given a better and Happy Fairy Tale ending with Tasha reunion ??"

I also feel time has come for the channels to do mini-series and seasonal shows like in the west...how long can this crap be taken and truthfully in a such a huge country like India, we have shortage of ideas? no new story to tell? I am now watching Chandragupta Maurya in NDTV Imagine, bi-weekly show and the story is moving fast, I just hope they can keep the tempo and finish it before making it a dragfeast...

Jayati,

There was another article in HT about a show having problems with trps nd that is Pratha of colors where the substituted female lead [parul i guess] is not happy nd wishes to quit. So colors woes gettin longer by the day. Wishing them all bad luck!!🐷

Originally posted by: preety_219

Jayati,

Yet again an interesting post.

If only it was so simple to make this thick headed people to understand.

In last 10 yrs. indian telly industry has forgotten the concept of short stories which has certain amount of epis.

They feel that track after track,twist after twist,the show should atleast run for 2-3yrs. minimum.

The original story is long forgotten.

U know when i shifted to UK,i started watching CSI,Law & Order,Mentalist ,etc.

I remember during 1st season of Mentalist,the director said,it took them more than 6 months to shoot for just 22 episodes.But,it was worth.

Those people believe in quality,so within 22 episodes they created such an impact,that after the show got over,i was like ab next season ke liye 6 months wait karna padega

People ends up buying their fav. shows DVDs & that to of all seasons,such is the quality.

But, in india,people want quantity.They celebrate when certain show completes 50,100 ,200,300 epis. as if these nos. are sort of bench mark they achieved,who cares what story was told in those episodes.

Reading the title of ur post,i tried so hard to jog my memory,but could n't recollect even a single show in past 10 yrs. which ended on high note.

I agree with you Pooja, not one show is worth the mention except for first three months, four months and that is it...over and done with and then the stretching game starts...episodes full of bloopers, no quality...as you said they took 6 months to shoot 22 episodes of Mentalist....our Indian Channels and PHs never heard anything like that grrrrrrr. I watched 'The Tudor' ddl and stored it in my transcend external HD....the acting, sets and not to say about the quality of producton...top class, no wonder in the west there is no dimarcation between the TV and Film actors...they are judged by their work and not medium.....kab ayega woh din idhar?