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TV shows turn copycat
Somashukla Sinha Walunjkar,TNN | Mar 27, 2014, 10.04 PM ISTREAD MORE Vivian Dsena|Tumhari Pakhi|Raquesh Vashisht|Rangrasiya|Qubool Hai
Imitation is the best form of flattery. That adage seems to hold good for TV shows too!
While being 'inspired' by successful ideas (replacement of leads, generation leap, etc) is acceptable, now prime time TV soaps seem to be blindly aping each other's story tracks, sometimes glaringly and unapologetically too!
READ: Raqesh Vashisth quits Qubool Hai, Surbhi stays back
Generation leap (in Madhubala and now in Qubool Hai: Two months after Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon went for a generation leap with a new bunch of actors and a new male lead (played by Gunjan Utreja), edging out Vivian Dsena who refused to play daddy, there's a similar situation in Qubool Hai. Raquesh Vashisht who had joined the cast in January 2014 is now quitting the show because he doesn't want to be a screen daddy. Dhrashti was retained in MEIEJ, Surbhi continues in Qubool Hai. Both are playing their younger versions in the shows.
The other woman turns killer in Tumhari Pakhi, Rangrasiya and Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon Ek Baar Phir: The third person in a love story can be a lethal presence. Ankita Sharma who's been the lovelorn nautch girl in Rangrasiya makes futile attempts to kill the female protagonist, inTumhari Pakhi, Madhura Naik pushes off the female lead (when she feels the hero, Anshuman (played by Iqbal Khan) is warming up to his wife Pakhi, Shraddha Arya) off the terrace and the cute faced Aditi hatches up some pretty dangerous plans to kill Aastha (Shrenu Parikh) her rival in Shlok (Avinash Sachdev)'s love.
The wronged wife returns to take revenge in Bani Ishq Da Kalma and Main Na Bhoolungi:Khoon Bhari Maang seems to have been quite an 'inspiration' for showmakers even two decades later. The female leads of Bani Ishq Da Kalma and Main Na Bhoolungi have come back from almost death (given by their husbands), got themselves a glam makeover and are out to seek revenge and justice. If the audience flipping channels is confused about which show they are really watching, then they have only the showmakers to blame!
While being 'inspired' by successful ideas (replacement of leads, generation leap, etc) is acceptable, now prime time TV soaps seem to be blindly aping each other's story tracks, sometimes glaringly and unapologetically too!
READ: Raqesh Vashisth quits Qubool Hai, Surbhi stays back
Generation leap (in Madhubala and now in Qubool Hai: Two months after Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon went for a generation leap with a new bunch of actors and a new male lead (played by Gunjan Utreja), edging out Vivian Dsena who refused to play daddy, there's a similar situation in Qubool Hai. Raquesh Vashisht who had joined the cast in January 2014 is now quitting the show because he doesn't want to be a screen daddy. Dhrashti was retained in MEIEJ, Surbhi continues in Qubool Hai. Both are playing their younger versions in the shows.
The other woman turns killer in Tumhari Pakhi, Rangrasiya and Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon Ek Baar Phir: The third person in a love story can be a lethal presence. Ankita Sharma who's been the lovelorn nautch girl in Rangrasiya makes futile attempts to kill the female protagonist, inTumhari Pakhi, Madhura Naik pushes off the female lead (when she feels the hero, Anshuman (played by Iqbal Khan) is warming up to his wife Pakhi, Shraddha Arya) off the terrace and the cute faced Aditi hatches up some pretty dangerous plans to kill Aastha (Shrenu Parikh) her rival in Shlok (Avinash Sachdev)'s love.
The wronged wife returns to take revenge in Bani Ishq Da Kalma and Main Na Bhoolungi:Khoon Bhari Maang seems to have been quite an 'inspiration' for showmakers even two decades later. The female leads of Bani Ishq Da Kalma and Main Na Bhoolungi have come back from almost death (given by their husbands), got themselves a glam makeover and are out to seek revenge and justice. If the audience flipping channels is confused about which show they are really watching, then they have only the showmakers to blame!
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