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Love's in the airwaves. With V-Day around the corner, every general entertainment channel (GEC) vying for TRP honours is cashing in on the mush fest and offering viewers a diverse platter - from specially designed song-dance compilations hosted by picture perfect TV stars, to love tracks in existing shows. If only, there was reel love on the soapbox.
On small screen love seems to have been redefined and tweaked to suit the palate of a mixed target audience group, scattered across ages and cities of India. So wholesome love stories that make you go weak-kneed or your heart beat faster are not welcome on daily soaps. In the top shows of GECs, the male and female protagonists rarely get lucky to share cosy, heartwarming romantic moments that many people in real life might actually do. That's also because on GECs the male leads are broadly categorized in two:
Rich handsome, arrogant and violent: Every dream heartthrob of television, from Angad of Kaisa Ye Pyaar Hai (Iqbal Khan), Sujal Grewal of Kahiin To Hoga ( Rajeev Khandelwal), Armaan Mallik of Dill Mill Gayye ( Karan Singh Grover), Maan Singh Khurana of Geet Hui Sabse Se Paraye (Gurmeet Choudhary), Arnav Singh Raizada of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? (Barun Sobti) to Rishabh Kundra of Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon (Vivian D'sena) - has grabbed his lady love in a secluded corner, pushed her into a wall (literally too) and voiced his 'feelings' for her. The arrogant, mean and aggressive male protagonist who does a 360 degree turn when the uprighteous female protagonist storms in his life and turns it upside down turning the mean monster into a love sick man is the stuff daily TV shows have thrived on.
Of course there have been some twists in the tale too. Like some physical violence on the way to love on screen
In Qubool Hai, the male lead slaps the heroine in a fit of blind rage and she accepts it calmly. Sure, a half-baked and half-hearted apology comes from him, but the simpering lady has already moved on from the 'slap'.
In Madhubala... you have the hero 'punish' the leading lady for having 'slapped' him by jilting her at the wedding altar and humiliating her. In the forthcoming episodes, there will be redemption from both male leads over a period of time.
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Small screen's un-real love
On small screen love seems to have been redefined and tweaked to suit the palate of a mixed target audience group, scattered across ages and cities of India. So wholesome love stories that make you go weak-kneed or your heart beat faster are not welcome on daily soaps. In the top shows of GECs, the male and female protagonists rarely get lucky to share cosy, heartwarming romantic moments that many people in real life might actually do. That's also because on GECs the male leads are broadly categorized in two:
Rich handsome, arrogant and violent: Every dream heartthrob of television, from Angad of Kaisa Ye Pyaar Hai (Iqbal Khan), Sujal Grewal of Kahiin To Hoga ( Rajeev Khandelwal), Armaan Mallik of Dill Mill Gayye ( Karan Singh Grover), Maan Singh Khurana of Geet Hui Sabse Se Paraye (Gurmeet Choudhary), Arnav Singh Raizada of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? (Barun Sobti) to Rishabh Kundra of Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon (Vivian D'sena) - has grabbed his lady love in a secluded corner, pushed her into a wall (literally too) and voiced his 'feelings' for her. The arrogant, mean and aggressive male protagonist who does a 360 degree turn when the uprighteous female protagonist storms in his life and turns it upside down turning the mean monster into a love sick man is the stuff daily TV shows have thrived on.
Of course there have been some twists in the tale too. Like some physical violence on the way to love on screen
In Qubool Hai, the male lead slaps the heroine in a fit of blind rage and she accepts it calmly. Sure, a half-baked and half-hearted apology comes from him, but the simpering lady has already moved on from the 'slap'.
In Madhubala... you have the hero 'punish' the leading lady for having 'slapped' him by jilting her at the wedding altar and humiliating her. In the forthcoming episodes, there will be redemption from both male leads over a period of time.
Can read full article here:
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