Wish they would tone down the overdose - Page 3

I hope RS is involved in the script or SP is running this show. The reason for the overdose is there is no backup story. The whole plot is about Meenu plotting and kunal ka rishta. Based on rishtas ka saga, the other characters are developed.

Meenu has one aim in life to stop the Maheshwari girls to fall in love with her boys. The negativity or overdose is a part and parcel of the so called threadbare story. It bcoz of Meenu that Mishbir will come together, other than that there is no reason or way out where the leads will meet.

I found the producers iv on twitter.

When you started the show ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’, what kind of expectations did you have? What was the feeling when the show finally crossed 10 years and was still a hit?

Rajan Shahi: ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ was launched at the back of Bidaai’s success. Bidaai was already the highest rated show in the country, and for more than 2-3 months, the channel had run one-hour episodes in the 9:30 to 10:30 slot (Prime Time) for both of them.

Therefore, ‘Yeh Rishta…’ had started on Bidaai’s success, yet it soon started making its own audience, and then eventually both shows became most popular shows of the channel.

Initially, when we were thinking about making ‘Yeh Rishta..’, the expectations I don’t know, but I was this much sure that it would work. It had a different kind of storytelling format, and remained true to its characters. And, I think we got all the eyeballs because at that particular time there were various dramatic shows happening, therefore, when this show came with a cast of newcomers, and a few experienced actors – with a different concept (a story of a girl’s and guy’s journey in an arranged marriage) – it felt like a breath of fresh air and I would say that the ‘simplicity’ worked for us.

When did you realise that a spin-off should be made for the show?

Rajan Shahi: The idea to make a spin-off obviously came from Star Plus, and we thought we can do that. I personally did not want to make a spin-off just to make for the sake of it, therefore, the day we thought we had a new story to tell about new characters (having some link with ‘Yeh Rishta…’), that is when we decided to make a spin-off.

As it was a successful show in the long run, how did you decide the cast for ‘Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke’?

Rajan Shahi: The show as I said, had an identity of its own. Being dependent on the mother show (Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai), I made sure that it should even have some strengths of its own.

Therefore, when the show was written, it demanded a good cast, and that is when great actors like Rupal, Kunal, Kaveri, and Mishti, to name a few came into the picture.

So, overall I think it had a scope of good performance, as with a star cast of the experienced actor was chosen with newcomers and raw actors like Kaveri.

What kind of changes have you witnessed in the industry in these 10 years?

Rajan Shahi: Actually for me, it has been an experience of 26 years. So, the change from 1993 to 2019, is that TV is evolving by every minute and second. The changes and growth are much faster than it was ever before.

Today, the Indian television is compared to the best ones in the world. Keeping that in mind, as creators, we can’t make shows with just our creativity and instincts, but a lot of research and market study goes into the play – to make sure what kind of shows you (as a creator) want to make.

The filmmakers face a lot of competition because of the film content changing, digitalisation of content (OTT platforms) – which was not there before. We have to be on our toes. We cannot take our audience for granted. There is a need to be on the pace with the pulse of the youth, the future of the nation.

People have actually started watching more of realistic cinema than daily soaps now. Are you planning any shift in the content from your next project?
Or you will stick to this genre?

Rajan Shahi: I personally, feel that shows like ‘Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke’ are very realistic in nature. They talk about basic family dynamics, relationships. Obviously, I am not making a show that I made 10 years ago – ‘Ye Rishte hai…’ is very different from ‘Yeh Rishta Kya…’, as the story of characters is about today, not like that of 10 years ago. So, very smartly we have tried to incorporate the new age problems/issues in the family show. We have always attempted to re-evolve, with time, but we have the core strength of the family values as our main subject.

Originally posted by: Salutethearmy

I hope RS is involved in the script or SP is running this show. The reason for the overdose is there is no backup story. The whole plot is about Meenu plotting and kunal ka rishta. Based on rishtas ka saga, the other characters are developed.

Meenu has one aim in life to stop the Maheshwari girls to fall in love with her boys. The negativity or overdose is a part and parcel of the so called threadbare story. It bcoz of Meenu that Mishbir will come together, other than that there is no reason or way out where the leads will meet.

I found the producers iv on twitter.

When you started the show ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’, what kind of expectations did you have? What was the feeling when the show finally crossed 10 years and was still a hit?

Rajan Shahi: ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ was launched at the back of Bidaai’s success. Bidaai was already the highest rated show in the country, and for more than 2-3 months, the channel had run one-hour episodes in the 9:30 to 10:30 slot (Prime Time) for both of them.

Therefore, ‘Yeh Rishta…’ had started on Bidaai’s success, yet it soon started making its own audience, and then eventually both shows became most popular shows of the channel.

Initially, when we were thinking about making ‘Yeh Rishta..’, the expectations I don’t know, but I was this much sure that it would work. It had a different kind of storytelling format, and remained true to its characters. And, I think we got all the eyeballs because at that particular time there were various dramatic shows happening, therefore, when this show came with a cast of newcomers, and a few experienced actors – with a different concept (a story of a girl’s and guy’s journey in an arranged marriage) – it felt like a breath of fresh air and I would say that the ‘simplicity’ worked for us.

When did you realise that a spin-off should be made for the show?

Rajan Shahi: The idea to make a spin-off obviously came from Star Plus, and we thought we can do that. I personally did not want to make a spin-off just to make for the sake of it, therefore, the day we thought we had a new story to tell about new characters (having some link with ‘Yeh Rishta…’), that is when we decided to make a spin-off.

As it was a successful show in the long run, how did you decide the cast for ‘Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke’?

Rajan Shahi: The show as I said, had an identity of its own. Being dependent on the mother show (Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai), I made sure that it should even have some strengths of its own.

Therefore, when the show was written, it demanded a good cast, and that is when great actors like Rupal, Kunal, Kaveri, and Mishti, to name a few came into the picture.

So, overall I think it had a scope of good performance, as with a star cast of the experienced actor was chosen with newcomers and raw actors like Kaveri.

What kind of changes have you witnessed in the industry in these 10 years?

Rajan Shahi: Actually for me, it has been an experience of 26 years. So, the change from 1993 to 2019, is that TV is evolving by every minute and second. The changes and growth are much faster than it was ever before.

Today, the Indian television is compared to the best ones in the world. Keeping that in mind, as creators, we can’t make shows with just our creativity and instincts, but a lot of research and market study goes into the play – to make sure what kind of shows you (as a creator) want to make.

The filmmakers face a lot of competition because of the film content changing, digitalisation of content (OTT platforms) – which was not there before. We have to be on our toes. We cannot take our audience for granted. There is a need to be on the pace with the pulse of the youth, the future of the nation.

People have actually started watching more of realistic cinema than daily soaps now. Are you planning any shift in the content from your next project?
Or you will stick to this genre?

Rajan Shahi: I personally, feel that shows like ‘Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke’ are very realistic in nature. They talk about basic family dynamics, relationships. Obviously, I am not making a show that I made 10 years ago – ‘Ye Rishte hai…’ is very different from ‘Yeh Rishta Kya…’, as the story of characters is about today, not like that of 10 years ago. So, very smartly we have tried to incorporate the new age problems/issues in the family show. We have always attempted to re-evolve, with time, but we have the core strength of the family values as our main subject.

Underlined - I totally agree with this. The story as in is limited from the maheshwari’s side because it’s a spinoff and everyone knows their backstory, but they can at least explore the rajvansh family - bigben-parul friendship, what made parul so devoted to bigben; bigben-Abir relationship or lack thereof; why is bigben’s brother so useless or how he feels about being dependent or being treated the way he is? From the very first episode it has been just about marriage and is still stuck there.

As far as the interview, it’s clear that the show was basically launched based on the brand name of parent show and was expected to takeoff.

Bold - I don’t know if the interviewee is ignorant or arrogant, because today ITV is one of the most trolled media in the world.

Originally posted by: Onyourface

Amazing post veg as always...till now the episodes have been well balanced... infact the makers are very smart..they keep kuku scenes in between mishbir..so that we can't skip...but we already knew turbulent times were ahead... clearly negativity travels faster than the positivity ...

no one is talking about the fact that Abir actually said in favour of mishti in front of benba...badi maa bade Papa are seem to be very fond of Abir ...nanu is with him and with Parul taking baby steps now...and mish if you remember the first epi she clearly told to ketki that if her family tries to get a rishta with a man she hardly knows..she will not agree...mishti takes her own time...but does the right thing at the end...so hamare captain aur uski co pilot pe Bharosa rakho and enjoy the ride...it may get difficult from here ..but mishbir will come out strongly for sure.

Bold - When I wished for a tone down, this is exactly what I meant. All the above you mentioned are so significant to the story, yet in a 22-minute episode 5 minutes of positivity gets lost in 15 minutes of plotting and planning. My intention of the post was, if the makers intend to attract more viewers they should at least balance it out, at least the first day of the week. Unlike us forum friends who invest so much time into the characters and love to analyze them, viewers in TV don’t have the patience and just give up. Hope we can always agree to disagree.

Originally posted by: Sanleema

Bold - When I wished for a tone down, this is exactly what I meant. All the above you mentioned are so significant to the story, yet in a 22-minute episode 5 minutes of positivity gets lost in 15 minutes of plotting and planning. My intention of the post was, if the makers intend to attract more viewers they should at least balance it out, at least the first day of the week. Unlike us forum friends who invest so much time into the characters and love to analyze them, viewers in TV don’t have the patience and just give up. Hope we can always agree to disagree.

I completely understand you dear...and not only the show...even in life we tend to attract to negativity more ..it's very general...but it's all in our mind and what we want to concentrate on....dekhene valo Ko to Chand me bhi daag dikha aur dekhne Valo Ko to kichad me bhi Kamal dikha🙂

Having said that I totally agree with your views as well...these days it's a bit difficult to digest ...but yaa😅

Originally posted by: Onyourface

I completely understand you dear...and not only the show...even in life we tend to attract to negativity more ..it's very general...but it's all in our mind and what we want to concentrate on....dekhene valo Ko to Chand me bhi daag dikha aur dekhne Valo Ko to kichad me bhi Kamal dikha🙂

Having said that I totally agree with your views as well...these days it's a bit difficult to digest ...but yaa😅

What a beautiful comparison. I know it’s not new, but any comparison related to moon always sounds so poetic.

Originally posted by: Sanleema

What a beautiful comparison. I know it’s not new, but any comparison related to moon always sounds so poetic.

Thank you..I actually read it somewhere

Originally posted by: divvk

I completely agree with you. After today's episode, I'm feeling very upset as well. Oh man! Just last week, Mishti realized her love and now, all this already? Atleast, few more episodes for both of them to tease each other. It would have been good if first Kunal tried to separate Misbhir (after he got to know that they love each other), then after failed attempts, tell his mom.. then after failed attempts, involve kuhu.. then trio to plot together.. but here... everything has come to trio already. if they had taken it one by one, it would have been less negative. Suddenly, the way things are getting setup against Mishti, it is even depressing. Today's episode is OK. But, tomorrow, it is going to hit the wrong nerve for Rajvansh family (Abhir's dad) and it is really gonna hurt Abhir. Meenakshi can't be so evil than this. She doesn't bother how her sons would feel about the humiliation, but just want Mishti out of their family! Wow!

One hope is PARUL! I am sure she is going to be the main shipper for Misbhir and is going to play a very very big role in destroying this trio! That's what I feel. Nanu seems to be a dummy at the moment. But, Parul will be the perfect match for Meenakshi as she knows Meenakshi in and out. Let's see.

Actually i feel that its better this way..three of them coming together to break them and still failing will be fun to watch..it would have been a long ride if they attacked one by one..

Besides they r actually using each other now ( meenu using kunal and he kuhu) so it will be fun to watch later when each of them realize how wrong they were