Indian TV: Going round in circles

Ever so often, the television industry in India laments the paucity of good scriptwriters in the country. Is that why so many of the shows currently on air seem to be going round in circles, beating around the same hackneyed bush?

Or is it the creative brains at the production houses and channels, who, supposedly with their finger on the pulse of the watching public, that are responsible for the lack of originality in so many soaps? With the exception of a few, (and these honorable few seem to be all on Zee currently) too many serials are fast falling in the 'predictable' category.

Just last week, this column pointed out the similar tracks followed by Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Sa Aasman and Dulhann, both treading a path set by Koshish Ek Asha some years ago.

But it is the long running Balaji shows that seem to be copying tracks taken earlier by those from the same production house.

Accidents, miraculous resurrections, second wives, the suffering first wife... Ask any avid follower of the K soaps and you will realise that the sense of deja vu is hitting with a greater frequency than before. Particularly in the last few weeks.

If the Balaji creative head takes a personal interest in the tracks of her shows, will she also take responsibility for her meandering soaps that may still be getting the eyeballs, but are miles away from the earlier engaging stories she had the nation hooked on.

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My take: YES! Ekta needs to take responsibilty for the recurring themes in her soaps. At the moment, across the spectrum of K soaps, not one popular jodi is together: PM, PRB, AS/AP in KZK, Om-Parvati in KGGK, Shiv-Gauri in KAA, KT-Lakshya in KSBKBT, Karan-Nandini in KSBKBT, Kunal-Nimmo in KHNK etc etc. The only jodi that is is Mihir-Tulsi who've only JUST gotten back together - not that it will last long! I wonder, does Ekta plan it so that every char in every show is miserable at the same time, or is it simply that every char is miserable ALL the time??😆

Anyway, hope the article hasn't been posted before.

Originally posted by: Dola87

vasu u for got karan and nandini from KSKBT..u dont know how much i wanted them to be toghter..they were together but it was short lived... 😭 😭 😭

Originally posted by: psawyer

Oh that's right - there are so many, I always forget....but you know, at least they had a chance of being together...what hurts me most is that PM never even got the chance....they were never a proper couple...

which reminds me of yesterdays epi..god i cant get over what muktis soul said😭..u know her new show KAA is goin to have the same story lines of her ohter shows..btw u know KZK is ektas fav show..i think she mentioned it when she was on koffee with karan...did u c her astro/numerology best friend

Originally posted by: psawyer

Yeah, she did mention it. You know, in the real world, if something or someone is your favourite, you do all you can to preserve that so that it makes you happy, if no one else. If KZK is her fave show, she's got a funny way of showing it!

u r right......