Originally posted by: Samanalyse
ST does have this issue. 😛 Even MB started out with an ambitious premise, to be a tribute to 100 years of Hindi cinema. Even though it was technically a success later, that was only because it quickly lost its original premise of Madhu not wanting to join film but it being her destiny, and transformed itself into a more typical saas-bahu/desi romance show with a forced marriage and gradual awakening of love between the leads. Ha! A bad experience with Colors also to add to my self-imposed torture! 😆 I'm telling you, they're all the same.
I am sure ST is more devastated than we are about this. He was so excited about this show and for once was being allowed to execute it the way he wanted... I feel bad for him. He has amazing ideas that are ahead of their time, and not so much understanding of the nuances of TV...
That's the problem-- you can't be too extreme. Its almost better to start off with a saas bahu-- family concept get your audience and then move toward the concept that you want.
I wonder if BD would've done differently if they started it out in a more sequential order. Like Meher first comes to groove, they have their confrontation and then show the past flashback. Show Suman and Bua struggling to make ends meet and dealing with the deadbeat father and his second family. Then Meher goes to school and meets the college cool rich kid. He pursues her, she isn't sure because she knows she wants to look after her family. But regardless she ends up in the saas bahu saga. Then she comes back 8 years later to prove her mettle.
I think the biggest issue was that Meher wasn't perceived as bechari enough... that's what my sister was saying (who seems to think more like trp aunties). She was too well put together to start with. I think the trp aunty crowd may get intimidated.
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