Guys...thank you for your responses...DONT BE SO PESSIMISTIC..STAR PLUS DOESNT HAVE ANY PREJUDICES AGAINST NAVYA...BUT TRPS ARE IMPORTANT...FOR WHATEVER REASON...THE TRP'S DIDNT WORK OUT TO THE LEVEL STAR PLUS WOULD HAVE LIKED...THEY THOUGHT IN A YOUTHFUL COUNTRY, A ROMANCE, ESPECIALLY A COLLEGE ROMANCE BASED SERIAL WOULD WORK OUT. I AGREE, SHAHEER AND SOUMYA'S CHEMISTRY IS THE FOCAL POINT OF THIS SERIAL, AND THE PAIR SHOULD BE TOGETHER.
AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE IS SOME JINX AGAINST SERIALS AT 10 PM...BECAUSE 3 OF THEM REPEATEDLY HAVE NOT DONE WELL.
IN MY LETTERS TO STAR PLUS, I DID SUGGEST PROMOTING NAVYA ON CHANNEL V. IF CHANNEL V PROGRAMS CAN BE PROMOTED ON STAR PLUS...IT MEANS YOUTH AND TEENAGERS ARE WATCHING STAR PLUS...SO WHY NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THIS CAN BE DONE FOR NAVYA SEASON 2.
ALSO...MAYBE THIS TIME SHAHEER AND SOUMYA CAN BE SEEN HAVING AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE AND LOVE AFTER MARRIAGE...THEIR CHEMISTRY AND YOUTHFULNESS WILL NOT GO AS A RESULT. COLLEGE ROMANCES SUCCEED BRILLIANTLY IN MOVIES...BUT SERIAL AUDIENCES ARE NOT ONLY IN METROS...BUT IN SMALL TOWNS AND VILLAGES AS WELL...THAT IS THE PROPER INDIA...UPCOMING, ASPIRATIONAL...BUT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH LOVE BEFORE MARRIAGE. YOU GUYS MIGHT THINK TAKING AWAY THE ROMANCE BEFORE MARRIAGE WILL DESTROY THE CHARM OF NAVYA...BUT IT WONT...(THOUGH I WOULD PREFER THE COLLEGE ROMANCE MYSELF)...SEE ISHAAN SUHANA...OR ESPECIALL SURAJ SANDHYA...ARE THEY NOT CHARMING...BUT AS WE ALL KNOW OUR ANYA...ARE THE BEST. IF A LITTLE COMPROMISE HELPS US WHY NOT.
I would prefer Star plus...but yes...some other channel like Sony especially which will tolerate lower TRps for a good quality program would be great. Lets do a campaign on Twitter facebook, write letters, faxes. KEEp up the support guys.
Madhav
Pune