Hi. You know Shanaz i thought the same of soaps. But i've realised it isn't that simple. Over time, I've seen working women, who work in high pressure jobs or extensively professionally trained women turn to these soaps regularly every night.
Women who otherwise live in nuclear families and have fought for their right to work watch these shows regularly and seem to find no contradiction between these shows and the way they live their lives. I wonder why???
As far as adhm is concerned, yes it is different and the story line has been simple so far. But its not radically different. eg. the unnecessary extra slaps. Also, the story line is somewhat similar to Tumhari Disha. Its not different the way say Siddhanth or Dil Kya Chahata hai (which had Gaurav too) were different from mainstram programming. Yet within the format of the soap opera, it has done quite a few things differently so far, hope that continues.