Does a particular actor/actress deserves credit for trp success alone? - Page 2

phew edited my post... now debate with/out facts according to choice! & this post isnt forced towards anyone to discuss! depends on personal choice 😛



hopefully i will be replying soon 😛

In my opinion an actor, or actors alone cannot make or break a show! A show's success to me is based on STRONG story, good writing, good script, and also the acting and directing. A good director is a MUST as is a strong script, and clear vision and execution. I know in daily soaps they lack the latter.

Wow, Saturday evening debate

well,the answer of u'r ques is a big fat NO...

No an actress or actor cant bring trp alone but sometimes a character gets more popular than a show itself...for example there are some shows which have brilliant story line but not great characters and there are some shows in which characters are brilliant but story not appreciable. And trps are most of time good in 2nd type.. And if both characters and show is mast toh baat hi kuch aur but esa bohot kam hota he. And characters are played by actors if a particular character becomes popular the credit is given to the actor most of time or specially but as a whole ofcourse its team work. And in woman oriented shows some time a male lead character overpowers the female lead.

An interesting topic. Hopefully it will remain a healthy debate and not turn into a fan-war.😆

And answer your question. No Actors and actresses do not deserve credit for TRP alone. The story, the track and the characters do.The technicians do. The writers can make or break a character as well as the story. Mandy has written everything that I intended to say so I'd rather not repeat the same thing. But the writers are the king here. They can easily make you love or hate a character. An actor just follows the instructions by the writers and the director. Very very few people watch a show for the actor. Most of the TRP audience watch for the characters and the story. Even a newbie actor's show can gain high TRP's if the story is gripping enough.

So in short. Actors do not make or break a show. They do not gain it TRP's. The story and tracks do. And I agree with Mandy that India needs to shift to Finite shows. That way actors and actresses can actually play with different roles to hone their talent and not remain stagnant with one role for years on end. SJ has been quite lucky to have gotten to play 3 very different roles in the same show.

In my opinion . if particularly asking about this serial. We r here not talking about the success of the show as a whole. In daily serials the success is seen as measured by trps. Some shows show successively good trps n continue with it, some serials show a stable trp ( on a lower or high level) n there r some where trps continously change. In our serials fr the padt few months thats the case, sometimes its good, sometimes stable ( v less often) n sometimes decreasing ... So in that case an actor, a track, a sequence should be blamed.

Good attempt. Thanks for the PM.

The captain of a ship is the guy who gets maximum prominence. Similarly, in a movie, the director is the captain but people see only what is INFRONT of their eyes and not what is behind the curtains. So, we see the actors and credit them for success or sue them for failure.

In a TV show, especially, Indian shows, many a time, more than the director or script writer, the producer takes prominence. There is no set story line to adhere to. Many a time, the story is changed on a daily basis on the set itself. This is because of the presence or absence of some actors, the TRP ratings etc.

For e.g. When KVB was sick, QH showed a lot of crap with the actors they had, and I frankly lost interest. I didn't start watching until he came back.

Do you think the story PRIOR to KVB calling in sick would have been to show Sanam dressed as a ghost and all the grave scenes? It may have been different but they had to change whatever they have in mind to accommodate his absence.

So, clearly, from the above instance, it's obvious that no actor is indispensable. They didn't stop showing QH just because KVB wasn't in there, did they? I am not sure about TRPs but I think lately, QH has been doing mediocrely well... Average performance, I'd say? If the figures say otherwise, my apologies.

I used to love QH with Asad and Zoya especially the actors. Does it mean the show ran really well and it topped the charts? Not really... There were ups and downs.

A serial is a cumulative effort by many. Everybody plays a vital part - the spot boys, cameramen, crew, the actors, makeup artists, directors and others.

Not one factor affects TRPs completely. But, yes, having a good cast acts as a catalyst definitely.

For instance, I love KSG. If I know, a new show has him in the cast; I will end up watching the first few episodes just to know what it is about. If it had someone, I did not know, initially, I wouldn't be interested. But later, if the story is good, and the actors act well, I may start watching it.

I don't have proofs but there are so many shows which don't have brilliant, popular actors. They still run, don't they?

How can you give credits only to the actors for the TRPs? Everyone gets credit. The entire cast does. A show ended recently after a few months of starting. It ended because they felt the story line ends there and it would drag later. It didn't have actors that I am crazy about. Still, I ended up watching it because the story was amazing and the actors did a brilliant job.

Who said the actors get the credit of success alone? They don't. Any article mentions every factor that worked for the show.

A thoughtful post Yaari. And I am glad the discussion has been healthy till now.

nice post...yaari😊
popular and renowned actor can give a good start to a show...but then after sometime even his or her fans will not even watch it if story is not good...
mostly people in forum are online audience...who mostly watch show for their favourite couple or actor...but trp audience watch show for a good story line and bit of drama...
so for trp ...good storyline and consistency is required ...😊