Flip through your fave shows on air today and the chances are that in 6
out of the ten shows you will chance upon a male lead who is the focal
point in the show.
After years of playing subordinates to their female counterparts the men are back on shows. Ram Kapoor (
Bade Acche…), Ronit Roy (
Adaalat), Sameer Soni (
Parichay), Vishal Karwal (
Dwarkadheesh), Harshad Chopda (
Dharampatni), Ashish Sharma (
Chandragupta Maurya)
are a happy bunch of actors. They are on shows where the focus is on
them and they are no longer paying second fiddle to an actress.
If we look back at the shows that were a rage some time back it was
the Smriti, Sakhsi, Shweta and company that ruled the small screen. Not
only were these actresses the fulcrum of the shows the audience too was
predominantly women. But times are changing and one sees that men are
back in action. Men have played key parts in TV shows for long, but an
entire story revolving around a male character has been a rarity. Years
ago, shows like
Office Office, Karamchand, Mohandas B.A.L.L.B., Mr.Yogi, Shaktimaan and
Just Mohabbat had men in the lead. But ever since the
saas-bahu sagas like
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and
Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki came in, women took centre-stage as protagonists.
But now even a Ekta Kapoor who is known for her
saas bahu shows
has changed gears and is now offering shows which have heroes playing
the central character. Both her latest two offerings
Bade Acche on Sony and
Parichay on Colors have roles especially etched out for the men in the show.
Sameer who makes a comeback on fiction with
Parichay says he is
happy that the show is being promoted though the male protagonist as
most shows are sold through the woman and her problems. He adds that
this shows that men are now getting their due on the small screen.
Ronit Roy who has done some interesting work on TV says he feels "great being a man in a woman's world".
After
Kyunki..., the target was the woman audience. The shows
were purely made for women. If you ask someone about Mihir
Virani...they would know, ask about Rishabh Bajaj, they would
know...Dharamraj Mayvanshi from
Bandini...that also they would know...so at no point have I felt that my character has been eclipsed by a woman character, Roy says.
Stories are no longer one-dimensional. They are stories about people,
families - the father, brother and their viewpoints. Producers are no
longer playing on just hero-heroines - they are playing on characters.
Everybody is getting an equal balance. Father and brother play an
equally important role and are given equal prominence.
With the balance tilting in favour of men the audience profile too is
seeing a noticeable shift. More men have begun to watch soaps and hence
one sees that even in the existing soaps males are dominating screen
space. All those who have been watching some of the on going serials
know how big the roles of some of the male actors are. Shaheer Sheikh (
Navya) couldn't have asked for more and neither would have Karan Mehra (
Yeh Rishta...) Even a Sushant Singh's (Manav) role in
Pavitra Rishta is as important as that of Ankita Lokhande (Archana).
Though some producers do not feel that men returning on TV could be
called a trend. It all depends on the demand of the story and if the
story centres around a male then so be it.
Today male actors have become an integral part of scripts. In fact,
Papad Pol - Shahabuddin Rathod Ki Rangeen Duniya
on SAB has a very unique male protagonist played by actor Swapnil
Joshi. One has seen a dark and sweet girl play a central character in
many a show but the idea of an underdog, dark, very sweet, helpless man
wins sympathy from everybody. So is the role played of a house husband
by Deven Bhojani in
Mrs Tendulkar is in that terms very
hatke.
In a lighter vein all that can be concluded that this news may not be
good news for the women on TV but with so much attention being heaped
on the men one is sure they are lapping it up and how.
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