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Hi once again,
Can I just mention your profile name - t's really catchy and hip! I assume it's an anime, and a japanese one too, which is pretty cool.
Sorry I missed the first half of your post, and back to hog some of your time and thread space.
Love stories like Heer-Ranjha, the epic Mughal-e-azam, Silsile etc are what most aunties and mummies relate to. Romance at it's best, pure bliss as far as entertainment was concerned, something for all ages. DDLJ, K3G, KKHT is what appeals to later generation, the one in mid 20's, late 30's. JTHJ, Om Shanti Om, Ram-Leela is what gets to the younger, the teens believe that love is SRK, Deepika, Ranbir, Kat. (Sorry and deeply apologize for the crude comment)
Can I just say, it's not to disrespect or judge anyone's choices, but to highlight the change in people's thoughts, as far as romance is something I started the topic with. Please bear with me wait till you hear me out.
There has been an immense transition, leaps of gap, when it comes to define romance. Things were different at different times, as were the mentalities of the people.
Back in the day Saans, a show on DD or Tu Tu Mein Mein, Hum Paanch, Chitrahaar used to be the most watched shows, slowly got replaced by Kyunki Saas bhi kabhi Bahu thi, Kumkum, Kavyaanjai, KKususm etc. The ladies of the house and sometimes, men started watching daily soaps on a regular basis, Mihir, Kumkum, Jassi, Karan (I am sure atleast one of the characters would have been named the same) became household names. Slowly people started spending family time with the REEL family ppl and made them a part of their daily lifes.
Dheere-dheere, romance was becoming a trend in not only movies, but regular, 5 days a week shows where they started to adapt the same, attract audiences. There were quite bold, sensous scenes then too, and people did not mind watching them, as mostly mummies did when the sent off their kids to school and husbands to offices.
Now the scenario has changed, with both parents working, they hardly get time to relax, with their busy schedules, deadlines, and what not!! Please don't misunderstand, I believe in our mummy papa ke zamana, TV was new, and to be honest, they too never had time to watch, given they had to wash clothes with hands, walk to the market, do all the household chores manually without external help, which all ery time-consuming and could rarely spare a minute to relax. They did not have the fancy, useful fully automatic machines and other gadgets to ease things. They had their equal share of problems, and used different means and modes to relax.
Well, problems, worries are part and parcel of life, and this where TV comes to play and helps relax, reduce stress, let us sit back and enjoy a few moments of peace. So with saas-bahu serials ruling the charts, be it Zee, Star Plus, Star Gold anything, it was a must have channel for every Indian household. (Sorry abt hurting the International audiences, I am getting to you guys!!) Then the era came of reality shows, with the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (the new seasons) or the (once famous Lata ji ka, Meri Awaaz Suno, sorry nt fitting according to the timeline, but it was an all time classic) or the DID, and then the LIL Champs, Jhalak, Jodi No 1 and many more. This created a buzz, people started to like Big Boss, Dus ka Dum, KBC and yet did not foget to tune into an episode of Geet or Pavitra Rishta or their famous Gopi Bahi wala serial. So the mindset changed, people had multiple, diverse options to choose from and yet they devoted their sincerity to the regular TV shows, which had improved and added social issuses. Well, with all of this, how is romance in the picture? Well, with Angad-Kripa, Hussian-Kumkum scorching our screens, to having Baa never getting old, to the now Khushi-Arnav stage, you can see the drastic improvement in both the Indian Telly Industry and change in attitudes of the audiences. Well, now we have people from various countries, who simply llnk India with ArShi alone. (Sorry about being biased, and going waaay off-topic), But the fact that romance and Indian Soaps co-exist, be it even if damn slow, dragged versions of romance air, we still watch it, because, in the end, it is our gulity pleasure and we find it relaxing rather than the continous 24x7 News Flash!!
Okay, in short, time changed, we changed and we started accepting the various versions of romance being presented via daily soaps.
So with RR being tagged as deep passionate love story, which it is, people are accepting it, so why the hesitation? Let's not dive, wander and rush into topics, and stick to the point.
The 20th June episodes, took the romance to a whole new level, is something we can agree to, maybe some might not completely agree, but it did leave quite an impact. Yes, I admit, I wouldn't dare watch that episode with my bhai and father sitting beside me, even it was our family time, because it is not something we are used to. We watch so many english movies, sitcoms and still don't feel that awkwardness, because we know where things are headed, we get a clear heads up, but in RR, in that episode, it was all new to us and definitely blew all our minds. With typical Indian gents, now starting to watch hindi serials, and that too romantic ones, if they come across such things, they are ones who are in true shock!!
Given if this is something which would continue, many might simply stop watching, but if the script, story demanded it, I think as a sensible audience we could respect it and maybe brush off our awkwardness and watch it on TV. Come on, watching all the lovely romance on a 40-50'' screen is way more sexy, and a let's not forget the visual treat we all get, even if on mute, than on a 7-8' tablet or 15-16' laptop screen!!
Having seen worse, according to parents, elders, in Bollywood/Hollywood/English sitcoms, I think we can afford to be honest, buckle up and watch the show, for once, WHEN IT ACTUALLY AIRS!! Why all the sharmana, when we don't mind watching every actor these days smooch on the big screen? (Sorry again about being bluntly and rudely mean, but it's true!!)
Back to the point, that paticular episode triggered different kind of reactions, given all the diverse audiences that watched it on their televsion screens.
So the oldies, and yes, the grandma's and grandpa's would find have found the Firiday's episode quite bold, 😳 😲 , they, probably may have ended getting up, and preferred going off to sleep, given it was is their time to call it a night.
The aunties, mummies must have blushed, given they were reminded of their jawaani ke din, and may have rushed into the kitchen to get some achar or something else.😉 If this is rude, mean and hurting, I kindly sincerely apologize. 😊
Moving on, the younger mummies, must have been quite bold enough to watch it with their in-laws, husband, young kids, given we all get to watch worse, as far as Cinema is concerned.
😕 , They must have wondered, ❓ how is it that such things are being put up and would have managed to have change the channel, given 22 mins of romance, foreplay was getting out of hands, and they had to hear snide comments from their elders and actually comment and agree with the fact that TV was destroying kids, these things need to be 🤬 and spoil their 2 mins ka romantic mood ☢️ 😡,😭!!
The ones in school, college, all of them😳 😎, like Senbon ji mentioned, must have preferred watching it on their Laptops, tablets, and not once, but multiple times, given the intensity, replaying, fast-forwarding just delayed us watching the episode, in the so-called 22 mins.
And how can one not include the males, the gents and their reaction - "Arre, news par aaj kya aa raha hai? Kaafi din ho gaye hain, dekha nahi hai, beta zara remote pass karna" 😆🥱 👎🏼
So when the ladies in the house were all red and had to handle the bundle of emotions overflowing, their own included, she had to keep a straight face and manage to come back to reality.
IF baisa ka combined reaction after watching the 22 mins of PaRud romancing -
🤣 when she said ghuchur muchur,
🥺 when 22 mins just flew by, we needed more
💔 when we had to wait for 24 hrs to see how things had progressed and Rudra ji's dil ka haal when she brough up Mala
🤓 ❤️ - When she kissed him, and he very well cornered her and the rest is history...
- Well for the entire episode, while it aired and we had parents, grandparents, bhais, behens, kids all with us
🤢 - LU karne wale Baisas, how were they supposed to type in - Rudra ji caressing, teasing Paro's kamariya while he was doing that on a 40 inch screen!! 😃, appreciate your tremendous efforts, your typing & multi-taksing skills - 👍🏼 👏 🤗
Ooops, I just remembered, there is always a conclusion and that being,
Enjoy RR as it is, go ahead and appreciate their efforts by simply watching the episode on TV, even if on mute!! Just ensure, 9.30 PaRud and the Ranawats are onscreen. And if aapke pati dev cannot bear the same, demand for the remote, well first and foremost, hide it till 10.00 and gently ask him to sit back, relax and pass him the Newspaper!!
Hope you all enjoyed, are enjoying and will enjoy RR!!!
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