Babul Ka Aangan goes the Bollywood way

Meenakshi Shankar

The lure of Bollywood is quite difficult to resist. Our writers finally resort back to the tried and tested formulas of Bollywood to make the serial soar up the TRP's. And the latest to draw inspiration from the time-tested formula of Bollywood romantic flicks is 'Babul Ka Aangan Choote Na'.

We are fairly convinced that our writers actually had stars in their eyes and wanted to make inroads into Bollywood but got kicked around for lack of creativity and ended up writing for small screen. Well, the end result is out there for all to see.

Coming back to the latest "borrowing" from Bollywood, the popular soap is now edging for a love triangle. The last we saw was Rahil Azmi in a split personality mode. Cut to today's Rahil – he's looking hunkier and meatier than ever with his long locks off. But he's still a recovering patient and in love with Aastha because he sees his ex-lover in Aastha. Rahil's ex girlfriend was a courtesan and Aastha look alike. She was brutally murdered and our hero still holds a flame for her.

What's in store is a lot of sappy Bollywood style chemistry. An already married Aastha is coerced by her family to play with the recovering patient's fantasies. And if you are wondering if her husband has any say in this, better not, coz the poor man tows the line when it comes to his wife. Our writers need to look for alternate professions. Probably, being lawyers would best suit them. Wonder how they could bring in so much of loopholes in a plain ordinary "seeda saadha" script.

We take back what we said earlier. Our Bollywood writers need to draw inspiration from our small screenwriters. Adding "masala" to a simple love triangle is what our creative heads of daily soaps do best. And it always works!

Source: Tellywatch