CONTRIBUTION OF SERIALS TO SOCIETY - Page 3

Originally posted by: rivya

Hi honey...

You are right, that the poor have way too many hardships in life...but guess what...they are ones who look at this as entertainment. What message are we giving them...

And I dont know about you...but in India I have seen beggars and their kids mouthing off dialogues from these very same serials. It does impact them..

Have you seen small children in middle class households, play act scenes from TV? I remember when the music videos came in, small girls all wanted to dance and dress like the item girls...because it was well glamorized.

The same applies to TV serials...you may think that it does not affect you, but observe urself and people around you for a few days and you shall know.

One of the best examples I can give is the increase in the % of divorces in India in the last 5-10 years. I dont entirely blame serials for this, people are to be blamed, but you will not be surprised to see that some of the reasons these divorce cases have are directly lifted from similar serials..

Rivs

Yeh hun i do agree that india is still fair influenced by celebrities and agree that serials and their stars are becoming bigger and hence more responsibility.

I will certainly look with interest next time i go to india...I guess being in the uk its different anyways because not alot of people apart from older mums tend to watch it for entertainment so have a slightly different view.

Dear Friends,

Sorry. I was not in town so could not participate in the debate.

When I was going through the responses, I was reminded of two serials i.e. Astitva Ek Prem Kahani and Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin. Both these soaps were not typical saas-bahu types and they were successful also. What do you think?

Kusum

dont know about society but i think serials helps one look at the world and say "anything is possible". kuch bhee ho sakta hai. kuch bhee. hey, u never know 😉 😆

they shows :

1. multiple rich families
2. one or two poor people exists but they are quickly taken in the rich families as bahus and wear expensive sharees. the other example of the poor class is ' raghu kaka '
3. they always carry a gun with themselves
4. they practice all aspects of relationships which are socially unacceptable.
5. they spend their day either being evil or in the kitchen, happily making lunch or dinners.
6. they sleep with expensive sharees and jeweleries
7. journalists are always waiting outside their front door
8. co incidences frequently happens
9. the 'omens' are true and they happen everyday.

so what people learn are :

1. unscientific beliefs ... such as 'OMG ! a cat just crossed path'
2. various forms of politics to perform in house
3. dont trust anyone !

Dear friends,

This is all true. But I think there are spaces where the makers of serials can show some didactic content. for example, the plot of rape in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki. But the whole issue was presented with sensationalisation and the basic problem was kept aside.

Kusum