BAVD Out of Top 100 shows - Page 7

Vik, RkR @ #2 was on the finale date - Sunday, which is why technically, it fell into last week. I watched the episode where Naman Shaw surfaced and danced (I missed the one that had Sneha). After he was gone, I switched channels and returned to it half an hour b4 it was supposed to end, just to see who the winner was. So that day was a spike, but if you look @ the overall RkR TRPs, they had been mediocre throughout.

BBGC is doing fine, but as one person on that forum commented, Sarika isn't doing some ordinary course, she's doing an MBBS where she'll need to deal w/ live people, and that would require her studying overtime, but now, they've decided to throw in this family w/ its plethora of vraths so that she can only continue to study by doing all her bahu duties as well b4 leaving. What a load of hogwash. I liked the last episode, where her anatomy teacher challenges her to pay more attention to her coursework than her name on her application form.

Preeto looked more like a chick flick, and some of the attitudes, particularly the step-mom as well as the eldest short fat sister who thinks the world will come to an end if she doesn't somehow marry, really put me off. I guess the show will have Ankita's and Redij's followers, but as a story, so far, it seems lame. Essentially, we'll have to see 3 marriage tracks, maybe 5 if they decide that they want to marry off the youngest 2 college goers. But I watch it just b'cos it follows DBSK.

I can't comment on Dharampatni (another wife show - how original!!!), but on LD, which it's replacing, I watched some episodes this week, and it illustrated the mentality of the CVs. Abhinav, who's still grieving over his dead wife, has still not accepted his marriage to Billo (since he was already married when he married her, and so he regards that marriage as illegal, and a sham to try and save his now dead wife). It's Karva chauth, and Billo asked him to return from his office trip in 2 days, so that he can break her fast. Abhinav asks her not to observe it for him, but she refuses. Anyway, Abhinav leaves, and Billo does a lot of drama to keep observing that fast, while one of her aunts is curious about what she's there for, and eager to expose her (nobody in Abhinav's family knows that Billo is his wife). Also, another aunt of Abhinav refuses to fast, mocking the idea that it somehow elongates the spouse's life. Later on, it turns out that ultimately, she does fast, and tells everyone that Billo convinced her of the error of her ways 😕 So according to the CVs, all women should follow such vraths regardless of whether they believe them or not. 🤔 But even that vrath-taking hasn't saved this serial. Oh, and incidentally, Billo still wants to stick to that sham marriage instead of accepting the new guy Ronit, who's fallen for her. Typical!

Shani Dev has really batted well since the Ramayan times, and is still great. Incidentally, I caught the last episode (I don't often get to watch it) and instead of usual medeaval or modern stories, it had one of Raja Ambrisha. This story is actually a classic story (I read about it in the ACK Tales of Vishnu), where the story goes as described (don't remember the Holi bit) but where Vishnu himself, not Shani, intervenes and punishes Durvasha. Incidentally, I've always disdained Durvasha among the sages, and this incident, as well as the one where he forced Lakshman to separate from Rama & then die, makes me a die-hard Durvasha hater.

There was some argument in the DBSK forum about whether Imagine is the best channel for it, compared to StarPlus or Colors. I'm not sure - like in the Ramayan, when Imagine went into Uttarkand, they asked the Sagars to wind up the serial when it became boring w/ the Vidhi ka Vidhan adventures of Luv & Kush.

One thing - I can understand Shani Dev & Shri Krishna protecting the channel (although Ram-ji hasn't been able to repeat what he originally did in the 7pm rerun slot). But Chandragupta? I didn't know that he had any divine powers - all he had was a very cunning advisor who helped guide him to success. (In terms of TV shows, I do know what you mean, however)

So Vik, why are we still here? I've decided to spend all my time in DBSK forum - at least, that way, I don't microwave my blood, and when I see outrageous things on that show, I can at least contrast that w/ what originally/really happened (as per the scriptures), rather than get steamed @ fictional characters. I might drop into other places now & then, but otherwise, for now, that's the show for me. Given the number of things that went on in Krishna's life, this should last as long as Shani Dev.

I didn't watch anybody's performance in RKR, I just checked in 5 minutes before the show ended to see who Ratan chose but Ram Kapoor was saying he'll be back with Season 4. I found out about the guy from the TB article. WOW! season 4...who'll save me now?😆

Same here, I hate that rishi Durvasa & was hoping Vishnu's sudarshan chakra would cut his head off...but sadly nothing happened Btw don't you think so that sages are supposed to be calm & kind, rather sages like Durvasa are so evil, impatient, hot-headed & readily cursed anybody who came in their way. Being so knowledgeable too they were like that, in fact extremely proud of their wisdom...I guess it was Durvasa rishi shown in JSK who kept on threatening everyone in Gokul that he'll curse them. Means he didn't reform even after that sudarshan chakra incident😆

Sometimes I do catch BBCG, not bad but not so good too. MBBS is not a joke & requires a lot of time to be devoted but Sarika's life is already hell over there. Who's that Laxman's wife(don't know the characters name except the leads), she's so🤬. Yesterday I saw a scene where she was just calling Sarika on the phone when she was in the classroom & today she made Sarika make something else for breakfast so that Sarika would be late for college. There are so many DILs in the house, why is everybody only after Sarika?😕 Sarika has to do all the household chores before going to college & even after returning...Jai's family will seriously kill Sarika with this rule

Well even Colors pulled the plug on JSK, I don't know why? I was seriously mad with the channel for ending it, instead of continuing it. In fact, there were many times where the story was dragged so badly, that watching JSK would be unbearable at times

Lord Ram used all his powers in protecting this channel long time back & went back to Vaikuntha lok. Then Treta Yug ended & Dwapar Yug started where Krishna came. It's not possible for Ram to come back once he finished his duties, for what he had taken Ram Avatar. The channel has dragged him back against the law of nature(vidhi ka vidhan😉)so he's not protecting the channel now😆 He had done his duties long time back, now it's Krishna's turn😉 Ram & Krishna didn't take birth in the same Yug so how can they both protect the channel at the same time😆 Btw I caught the last scene today where Ravan was about to strike Sita while Mandodari stops him. I really wonder is the channel repenting on its decision of showing the re-telecast of Ramayan as it's doing no good in the TRP charts🥱

DBSK has tough competition with BV & also with other shows too. But BV is the biggest competitor for it. I don't watch LD...not interested at all🥱

I won't be reading the updates, but I'll check this thread for fun. I'm keeping a track of the BAVD's status being outside the chart🤣 & celebrating it too😈 How evil of me😈

Btw will you be watching CGM once Gunahon ka devta enters...Ashish😊

Jas,

Good to have you back. Loved reading your post in the update thread. I needed to read a post of a loyal Bharti hater😆 You're right Murli has become a doormat. I recall whenever he tried to help anybody...how he would end up getting beaten up At least he would realize his mistake later on after knowing the truth but Bharti...has she ever realized her mistake till now😡 Murli used his strength just to control Bharti not to hurt her. I would be happy if he kills her😈 I don't want to say anything further for this 🤬serial.

Btw what is Kartik doing over there in Preeto, bringing out the real face of Bobby Singh?😆 The way promo is shown she must be something like Jyoti who lived for others...what's new? Every daily soap lead actresses do that...living for others, fighting for the rights of others & when it comes to fighting for own's rights then...🥱do I need to say anything😉

This rule applies on all except Sandhya of RS😃

I was always a Durvasa hater, and got into arguments over this in the Ramayan forum (and that too, in the context of Lakshman's passing). And in DBSK, Durvasa is likely to surface twice. But in JSK, when they showed him, did that incident take place b4 or after the Ambrisha incident? Yup, most rishis were pretty gentle, but Durvasha (and Vishwamitra) were glaring exceptions in that dept.

In BBGC, all the bahus have been prevented from doing what they wanted, and while Shikha is jealous of Sarika, when she heard that Sarika would be studying, she was happy b'cos of the hope that she'd get more freedoms. That's the common grievance both the betis and bahus of the house have - that their freedom and dreams have been squashed in the name of parampara, and since they can't take their resentment out on Santosh, they're taking it out on Sarika. It would help if their hubbies, such as the Ankit character, moved out of that house and made rules that they too were agreeable w/, and gave them back their freedoms. So for that reason, I don't fault Shikha or anyone else jealous of Sarika, although I see your argument and do support Sarika studying.

You are right - Rama can't do double duty w/ Krishna, since they were from different yugas, so if Krishna is being effective, Rama cannot be. I thought that they'd show even less of the originals, but yesterday, they showed the visit of Kumbhakarna and Ravan trying to marry Sita b4 Kumbhakarna slept. Otoh, they did skip Ravan's history, like his war w/ Kubera.

If your family is watching BV, can't say much, but given the way BV has been going, for me it's a no-contest. At 8pm, I watch DBSK and @ 11pm, I either re-watch it or watch Geet if I've missed it. Geet became more interesting since Maan returned to Delhi. But after tomorrow, no RBO.

For CGM, it's not a question of Ashish Sharma - it's just that I haven't been following the entire story, and I don't know the original story either, except for the part about Dhananand insulting Chanakya. I've seen a good portion of some episodes, w/o any idea of what's going on - in a way, I'm like people who don't know about Krishna's post Mathura history trying to follow DBSK. Incidentally, I thought that Ashish was supposed to surface this week, but I haven't seen him so far. Won't they need a leap to get him replace Rushiraj Pawar?

So far, Preeto does have a bit of Jyoti's fighting for her family persona, but her guy hasn't entered, and no signs of either of her younger sisters being a Sushma, or step motherly treatment from their step-mother (I don't think any of the 5 sisters are her own, unlike Deepu & Sushma for Padma). Although her short fat eldest sister is really annoying, and I switch channels whenever I see her. So there seem to be some differences. Whether they hold up is another story.

I've moved your last post to this thread, and responded there

DBSK out of 100 !!! :(