you know, I have a theory that TRP viewers don't think about what they are seeing on screen, everything goes over their heads. which is why it is easier to digest this nonsense, because they don't dissect or critically analyze shows like we do. The problem does not lie with Ekta kapoor but with the viewers' acceptance of such regressive crap. My mom is an Avid watcher of YHM but I don't think she is looking at this from our angle, neither does she look at the bigger picture--this is the sad reality of the indian TRP audience. it is so disappointing to see what the indian television has been reduced to.
I stopped watching YHM a long time ago and I stopped caring about Ishita ever since the infamous New years episode. There is no point in supporting a female lead who i cannot relate to due to her mahanata and there is defintely no point in supporting a couple who are so unrealistic. Raman and Ishita are not an ideal couple and some of the things that has been shown so far makes me think they are unhealthy as well. So obviously this track should not bother me, but it did. Because this was a direct insult to all woman-- no humans. what raman did was a disregard of basic human rights, he has taken her choices away in order to fulfill his own desires. I cannot even begin to describe how twisted this track is, it is worse than the surrogacy track we imagined. As a woman, I cannot even imagine my eggs-which is like a sacred part of me, being stolen and implanted inside another woman without my permission- that too the bitchy ex wife who never wasted an opportunity to taunt me. There is no bigger insult than this and it does indeed make shagun the ultimate winner.
The above is the only reason why I do not watch indian shows. Trp is the biggest enemy, good shows have been destroyed in order to keep up in the TRP race. Only show I watch now is reporters and while that has become somewhat illogical and run of the mill, it is still one of the better shows on television right now.
Edited by pomegranate - 10 years ago