Tongue in cheek review : Bandini

Poonam Saxsena is one of the sharpest and most sarcastic of all critics.

And even though she isn't exactly praising Bandini, she does seem to think that it is a new attempt by Balaji and a good one at that!

I haven't watched Kitni Mohabbat Hai, but even that seems to be slightly different from other Balaji Serial's, but the reason why Bandini is getting more attention is probably because it is completely different from all of Ekta's previous works, in every way!

Btw, does anyone have the TRP's of Bandini for the last week? The soap will surely catch the viewer's fancy, but it will take time, since NDTV Imagine is not a very popular channel on its own.

Soapie

PS: I am no SRK Fan but his apperance on Oye Friday was mindblowing to say the least...the guy sure does have a killer sense of humor!

She's missed out a few though... I'll happily fill them in -

- In the show, the two central characters get married.

- The characters have 2 eyes, 2 ears, a nose, and a mouth... and believe it or not, they also have bodies, 2 arms and 2 legs 😳

- The show airs on Indian television.

... and more stuff like that 👍🏼

I was watching the Sky News this morning, and I noticed that they did not have the zoom-in and zoom-out sequences... but until I read this article, I did not realise that Sky News was blatently copying Ballika Vadhu 😳

Oh well, at least now I know better... thank you Poonam ji for enlightening me 😊

On a serious note, I think it's kinda crazy to suggest that any show set in Gujarat is an attempt to copy another show that is set in the same place. Zee's Teen Bahuraaniyan and Ghar Ki Laxmi Betiyaan are also set in urban Gujarat... but rightly, no one suggested that they were copying each other.

However, when it gets to a village setting, we get stuff like this 😆

I don't think that Bandini or Ballika Vadhu are copying any other shows... they are both character driven shows, and so they both rely on their show's characters to take things forward 👍🏼

God bless.

If Dharamraaj and Santo were both 9 year olds, then of course, I would probably be the first to say "hey brother, that's a copying Ballika Vadhu!"

Seeing as the central theme of the show is totally different from Ballika Vadhu, I'm just not in agreement with Poonam ji 😛

If Balaji Telefilms decided to axe the zoom-in zoom-out stuff, then it's probably because they have realised that those techniques are past their best days... but it does not mean that the zoom ins were axed because of Ballika Vadhu! 😆

Who knows, maybe at some point, Bandini might borrow sequences from other places... and at that time, such things will definitely be called! But until that really happens, I think stuff like this is only coming out because the critics are just trying to keep themselves busy, rather than them trying to produce a quality analysis 😳

God bless.