Originally posted by: krystal_watz
Aren't you doing a bit of overly gross generalising here? First of all, typical "Kekta" shows have ceased to exist long since. Even she has crossed over to doing better stuff like Bandini, Bade Achhe Lagte Hai and Jodha Akbar.
Also, saas-bahu stuff like SNS and Yeh Rishta is actually in the minority now, and there is greater variety. There are youth-oriented true-to-life shows like Sadda Haq, Paanch, Gumrah and Heroes on Channel V, there are mytho shows like Devon Ka Dev Mahadev, Mahabharat. Comedy and kids' shows on Sab TV. Even the "family dramas" leave out kitchen politics nowadays.
This whole "Indian television is saas-bahu crap" is nothing more than a preconceived notion, mainly on part of people who haven't watched TV after the early 2000's.
I agree partly and disagree partly. i agree that the Youth Channels have good content now. i watched the first two episodes of Yeh Jawani Ta Ra Ri Ri, and it was good. I've been meaning to watch the rest too, but never got around to it. That it's bi-weekly helps. Plus I know others who say good things about lot of other shows on Channel V, as you said.
But let's look at the very same Ekta shows you listed. Bandini, BALH and JA. True they started out different, but where's the quality in content now, or for Bandini towards the end? So much bakwas, illogical aspects etc. Actually bakwas and lack of logic I can accept, but not when it's a standard for almost all shows after a certain period.
Same goes for DKDM. What started out good, didn't know when to stop and does it have the same quality as it did earlier? Mahabharat at least is doing the sensible thing and coming to an end.
While family dramas may leave out literal kitchen politics, much of it still deals with Saas-Bahu even now. Even worse is that almost all the shows are focused and revolving around marriage or of the heroine as a wife (though here this is also the case with many Pakistani shows, which has been criticized by Pakistani writers).
And every cycle just when you think the regressive hate-revenge marriage aspect was coming to a dead end, there's another show which comes up which shows another helpless female who is stuck in a marriage where her husband is determined to make life hell for her.
Even worse is that the audience continues watching and giving numbers to such stuff, all the while lamenting on why Indian television doesn't change. And when there's something different which is on television many of those who complain are not as interested, but still continue to give numbers to the same old same old.
Also let me ask you, where is the quality in many dailies when it comes to consistency and quality in writing, characterization, as well as direction and production?
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