Excellent post, and agree with all you said ... especially the point about the TRPs ...
TRPs: It baffles me to see some of the most unoriginal and boring shows topping the charts when a well-produced and innovative show (for Indian TV) like 24 starring Anil Kapoor gets very low ratings. It tells you that the TRPs are not an accurate representation of the quality of a show.
And when new innovative concepts don't succeed on TV based on the TRP yardstick, audiences and critics blame the makers for not experimenting. 24 was an experiment, and it didn't attract TRPs, yet it was one of the most well made shows on Indian TV in recent times ... fortunately Colors seems to be in the mood to continue the experiment and is already planning a second season. I hope Rangrasiya turns out to be another trendsetter ... although I do hope it gets the TRPs also 😛 ...
The real story has not started yet, so far we have just been seeing the prologue. A strong base for the story is important, and it's better for it to build up slowly and steadily and people to get attracted to the story and the narrative. Also the lead characters have just been introduced, their layers are yet to emerge. Sanaya did take some time to slip into the role of Paro ... she said so herself ... not surprising, when the role is such a complete contrast to both her own personality and the roles she has played recently. But by week two, she was definitely at ease, and on Friday, she nailed it. We've seen very little of Ashish so far ... and it's been so far, so good. The leads have had one scene between them so far, and the chemistry was already palpable ... both are excellent actors so we can expect no less.
A cross border love story with an army man as hero ... and people were not expecting violence? It's been advertised as a guns and roses story ... baffles me why people were surprised at the violence. The show never promised to be a saas bahu love story or a rom com. And the violence was too filmy to be taken very seriously anyway.
Agree with you about the forum too ... considering the number of Sanaya criticising posts that have been made, and NOT been shut down or degenerated into full scale bashing, I think this forum has been pretty peaceful so far. 😆
