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Why A team that created some of the best episodes of QH have suddenly have turned the serial into a mockery of itself. I tend to think that it was the desire to increase TRP that has started all the trouble( not for alls but then atleast for old fans who enjoyed the wonderful ASYA chemistry and a track which has lot of comedy and positives) and made a serial which is more or less like EKTA potboiler.
At the time when serial was highly appreciated (but only by fans who are mostly on this forum) , TRPs were low say in the range of 2 - 2.5. However, with introduction of billi track and all those useless SAZISH stuff, the EKTA soap audience which was not watching the serial till the time this has also started shifting / watching it , thereby bringing additional TRPs - taking serial to as high as 2nd position. Extended wedding sequences has been instrumental in increasing TRPs for many other serials , particular example is the Akshara serial. Vamps like Tanveer has been part and parcel of EKTA serial success. Both the elements were introduced knowing their value in TRP.
The change in serial style seems like a strategic move becoz old fans despite knowing what is happening are unlikely to go away and newly introduced EKTA soap opera elements brings incremental audience from other daily soaps. The strategy has been hugely successful , atleast in the short run.
At the end of day, PH is in making seiral for money. I dont think they have anything to do with original product (which infact was created for TRP and hence earning their daily wages).
Further if the show would have been going on as usual (liked by everyone by low TRP) , PH would have been given notice to close the serial because ZEE would not like to continue with a lame horse and at the end of day "GUL & team ko khana bhi to khana hai". ZEE itself is looking for success for quite some time and in the process has closed many serials to gain position it has lost to Star Plus and Colors. QH would have met the same fate if TRP would not have been increased, so PH chose the easiest route.
There is a mass audience and there is a class audience. The serial earlier catered to class and now it has shifted to masses. The people who were part of the earlier serial style is likely to feel discomfortable but it was bargain which PH has made a business call and they seems to have been achieving what they thought.
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