AN OPEN LETTER - HINDI SOAPS!

What is wrong with Hindi Soaps / Serials???

U know what? I think Ekta Kapoor's real life frustration of not having a man in her life shows in reel life too! 😆Why is that, in every serial of hers, people who are in love never get-together??? And even if they do, it is after so many trials & tribulations, that you really don't care what happens to them! And the same happens to all the characters who are good, nothing nice seems to be happening to them and life always hands them a sour lemon! It seems that they pay a price for being decent, honest, kind and loving.

I think Kutumb was the only serial in which our lovely Pratham and Gauri got together and did not marry other people! But then, in half the serial, they couldn't stand each other's faces (though I used to find it really cute!)

Let me take an immensely popular serial like KSBKBT for eg, Damini is in love with Karan but gets married to Gautham who was in love with Tisha but gets married to Ganga who falls in love with Sahil and then after a divorce with Gautham gets married to him! Gautham finally gets married to Tisha, only to lose her to an accident and then gets married to Damini who was pregnant by Karan's child!

Karan and Nandini are in love with each other and Karan's half-brother Ansh is in love or rather lust with Nandini, the stupid Karan instead of fighting for the woman he loves, sacrifices his relationship inspite of knowing what a jerk Ansh is and forces her into a marriage with Ansh, who ends up raping and getting Nandini pregnant. Finally Anshi dies and Karan and Nandini get married after a lot of hungama, only so that Nandini gets into a Coma while giving birth to Ansh's child. Tanya who is Karan's best friend and secret admirer ceases this opportunity and promptly gets married to Karan, who is ofcourse still in love with Nandini, but does sleep with Tanya, ending up making her pregnant (no doubt India's population is exploding!) while Nandini comes out of her Coma at that very juncture where Karan is melting for Tanya!

And the above is just one example of how inane, depressing, unrealistic and false is the potrayl of human emotions and relationships in today's soap's and serials!

Look at KTH, where Kashish and Sujal are in love, but due to a host of stupid misunderstandings, she gets married to his best friend (who is ofcourse cluless about their relationship, so much for a friend😕) and then once Kashish gets pregnant (once again🤔) Piyush is conviniently bumped off and then Kashish gets married to her first love so that she can take revenge from him for his supposed murder of her husband!

Honestly speaking, I used to think that serials like Bold and the Beautiful and the Young and the Restless were ridiculous, but after watching our Hindi serials, they looks like Masterpieces in comparison!

That way, I must say that Pakistani Drama's are so, so, so much better! I have seen a number of them, and even though they don't have fantastic production values like our serials do, they keep the viewers interest alive and throbbing till the last episode. Anyone familar with the name, Hasina Moin will know what I am talking about. Her stories are just FANTASTIC. The way romance and love is potrayed in her Scripts is just mind-blowing! Take Tanhaiyaan, Kash-m-Kash, Chandni Raatein and so many more for egs.! Each story is unusual and thoroughly entertaining!

Why is it in our Hindi serials, instead of showing a beautiful emotion like ''love'' in a good light, it is mutilated in such a bad way???

People in love are supposed to get-together, love is an inspiring, uplifting and motivating emotion and there is every reason, that it should be projected in such a way.

Also, if two people who are in love, go seperate ways, then the reasons for it should be palusible and realistic, like a difference of opinion, or something circumstantial or maybe just falling out of love - what is wrong with showing a realtionship breaking in a normal way? Why is it have to be a marital rape, sacrificing for an insane mother's sanity, backing off for a half-brother, getting drunk and making someone pregnant and then being forced to marry her??? Hello, which world are these Serial makers living in? I am yet to come across a brother who will let go of the girl he loves because his brother has a crush on her or fancies her in anyway! It just makes no sense, you might be backing off for your brother, but what about the other party involved, isn't she being subjected to an unfair deal?

I have nothing against fantasy, I live in my own dream world all the time😆but if you are showing fantasy, then show something that will make the viewers happy and cheerful, not get them depressed and sulking! However silly it may sound, these stupid soaps unfortunately do become a part of our lives and whether we like it or not, they start affecting our mental state. Hence seeing a romantic scene b/w Angad and Kripa will make us more cheerful but seeing Mishti and Angad together in his bedroom will upset us! Similarly, a woman who is deeply in love with her husband being forced to marry his brother by her Mother is just revolting by every figment of imagination (I am referring to Tumhari Disha) Hey, we live in a country where even today, a brother's wife is given the status of a Mother, how on earth can you show a relationship / marriage between a Bhabhi and her Devar - its incestous and nauseating😡

Don't you think that these Producers and Directors owe something to us, the Viewers??? Or is it TRP's that just matters? But it is only a matter of time, that viewers grow up and realize what crap is being served to us in the name of entertainment every day from 8 - 12 Pm!

Incase all of you are not already dozing off after reading my post, I would love to solicit some really good responses on this! I am sure there are plenty of like-minded people here who think on the same lines.

Cheers,

Chilly

Very well said!
Feel exactly the same.

👏 u said it all my dear. As I said earlier we the audience are left with no choice, either we have to take it or leave it. 😕. Yeah relationships as shown in serials is like a joke where people are playing passing the parcel 🤢, but I think for this so called high society people and celebrities marriage is just a joke. Just this morning I read an article about Karisma Kapur's marriage being on the rocks 😕, can u beat that 🤢. I too am totally frustrated with all these serials Ekta's or non Ekta's but still sit day after day in front of the idiot box ( as its called) in the hope that something good would be shown in the daily soaps. Gone are the days where we used to wait with bated breath for the serials to be aired be it after a week. Now day by day the same torture we all have to go through.😡

Lata 😆

very very well put. I am from New Zealand and never been to India but the perception u get from the Indian serial reflects a very bad culture on India. We have get an assumption that life in India is similar to the serials where evil always does better than good. Thats a perception I get. Like Piya Ka ghar Rimjhim is still struggling and from that show even though malini is dead but it seems even with her death she won and got what she wanted and destroyed the family. Disha is going the same root. so is KYPH seems to be heading that way. and the rest are not very far behind.

thats my 5cents worth

kutumb was a wonderful serial which had a nice ending😛

Makes me wish for the good old days when serials were only 13 episodes and an especially good one was 26.
The only ones that were longer were more episodic, so you did not have to watch it to follow it like yeh jo hai zindagi type.
I think Buniyaad started the long serial craze or was it Khandaan?maybe it was that one where Ashok Kumar always said something at the end.
To me the first serial that went crazy with people marrying different people was daraar.I think the son married three different people in that serial.
Thats just me ranting in the middle of the night.😊

hi

The comments are fair and justified no doubt but no matter what we still watch the serials as they do make ue laugh and cry and it is due to the TD i have got know so many people around the world which was not possible..

Chilly one of my fav serial by Hasina moin is Dhoop Kinarey it is my all time fav pak serial...

We still love watching be it TD, astitva, KYPH etc as they sometimes make us angry and frustrated but than not to forget the producers and directors have some how going to try to get the financila benefits as the the end of the day they are out to do a job but i am not sure if they are doing it right..

Samy

Originally posted by: stonex

very very well put. I am from New Zealand and never been to India but the perception u get from the Indian serial reflects a very bad culture on India. We have get an assumption that life in India is similar to the serials where evil always does better than good. Thats a perception I get. Like Piya Ka ghar Rimjhim is still struggling and from that show even though malini is dead but it seems even with her death she won and got what she wanted and destroyed the family. Disha is going the same root. so is KYPH seems to be heading that way. and the rest are not very far behind.

thats my 5cents worth

Thank you Stonex! Exactly, what you project outside is what is perceived by others! That way, I feel our Hindi Movies are so much better in some ways. Good always trimuphs over evil in them, lovers invariably always meet and if they don't, they always get someone else who will love them as much! That is why, I always end in my neighbouring theatre to watch a good, Yash Chopra type movie, whenever I am down or out!

But ofcourse there are many axe's to grind with Hindi movies also, but that is another topic altogether.

If any of you remember the old Hindi serials which used to come on Doordarshan, you will know what I am saying. Remember Buniyaad, Hum Log, Ye Jo hai Zindagi, Farmaan and so many more............every serial had characters who were moral, upright, decent and basically good and they did not suffer endlessly like the Rimjhims and Disha's of today! They always got the person whom they loved and lived happily with them......what on earth is wrong with showing something like this???

Sigh............I guess we lose in the end. We are the audience and not Ekta Kapoor, after all!

Chilly

Best serial to come out of India or Pakistan is Dhoop Kinare and Ankahi there are short simple and nice

Originally posted by: stonex

Best serial to come out of India or Pakistan is Dhoop Kinare and Ankahi there are short simple and nice

Dhoop kinarey is my fav all time dram i must have seen it over 50 times and it on DVD and tape hehheh but it is a classic watch it if u haven't'..strong recommendation..

Samy