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5 Indian TV obsessions we can do without
What? Plain Jane sob-stories
You can't say Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi any more, because the ugly-duckling-turned-swan copy of a Spanish soap-turned-sob saga reproduced other copies when it went off air.
So, while the unpolished Pooja from Ye Meri Life Hai was ragged for being a behenji, the perfectly good looking Saloni from Saat Phere is traumatised for being dusky and Bani from Kasamh Se has to marry the man her sister is betrothed to and get flak from his high class family.
Meanwhile Ananya from Ek Ladki Anjaani Si who had everything going for her, became pregnant through "misplaced" artificial insemination. They start off as stories about female emancipation, but end up being sob sagas about the chase for a husband and acceptance by his family. Enough already!
What? Plain Jane sob-stories
You can't say Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi any more, because the ugly-duckling-turned-swan copy of a Spanish soap-turned-sob saga reproduced other copies when it went off air.
So, while the unpolished Pooja from Ye Meri Life Hai was ragged for being a behenji, the perfectly good looking Saloni from Saat Phere is traumatised for being dusky and Bani from Kasamh Se has to marry the man her sister is betrothed to and get flak from his high class family.
Meanwhile Ananya from Ek Ladki Anjaani Si who had everything going for her, became pregnant through "misplaced" artificial insemination. They start off as stories about female emancipation, but end up being sob sagas about the chase for a husband and acceptance by his family. Enough already!
Anupamaa
