First of all, I would like to say my intentions are not to criticize the show, because if that's exactly what you're thinking i'm upto then I'm very sorry to say that you're definitely gonna regret it! I don't like mincing my words for no apparent reason, and this is certainly not the case here.
Rishta.com is one show which has the capability to upturn the Hindi Tv Industry single-handedly, but alas.. from all the shows "currently" on air.. This one is the one which doesn't get even half a season to prove itself, a few episodes just a handful or a fingerful( if that's even a word that exists).. Its pathetic how just a bunch of executives sitting in a conference room or even a chai ki dukaan in the side of the road *rolling eyes* are able to decide, the type of entertainment that, we, the audience wants to watch, when they themselves have never seen the pathetic content currently "on air" on their very own channel! It just goes to say that there's no quality in Tv programming today.. and its really unfair to blame the audience for such poor ratings, when the people who really need to be blamed are the so called executives who exactly know the pulse of audiences!
These people need to realise, that in an industry to survive you need atleast a few loyalists! Unfortunately they think, that today's liberated audience is just interested in rural villages, where girls are sold off for a few bundles of cash, women being mistreated everywhere, child brides, desperate farmers behind young females who are not even fit to be their daughters or even granddaughters in some cases, etc.. Its highly hypocritical for channel executives to complain that this is exactly what the audiences want to see .. wen the truth is you just don't give them a choice to see something new since u have simply no faith in your very own product which you launched amongst such great fanfare! It takes some time for changes to take place, nuthing ever happens overnight, and even if it does its just for a short time! Honestly, how long does it take for them to realise that if you're gonna give them exactly what other channels are offering.. i.e., "rural-crap!" then why exactly will they watch your channel wen they get better "rural" stories with more "shocking twists" on the others? Isn't it better to keep a few viewers happy and hooked, rather than lose the number of viewers that you've still got left? U have the classes, but u want the masses.. U change for the masses, and in the end u have nothing.. just a big fat zero!!
Godh-Bharai seriously??😆 I am pretty sure, no1 even knows that show even exists!
YRF did their bit by experimenting, but instead of complimenting them and congratulating them for making something so good and new, they decide to cut the shows off?
Rishta.com may not the best looking cast on tv, but the sure truly do know how to act! Unlike certain "stars" on currently "rural" shows.. The storyline is much more relatable to a youthful audience than a lusty thakur wanting a weird looking chick he's trying to bone since god knows when.. Sadly, stuff like that is what gets the ratings!
Back to R.com, the actors, Shruti Seth is spontaneous and her expressions are just superb week after week!! She emotes with such grace even in scenes where she has no lines too! Kavi Shastri, man dude that guy has guts to try in something which is not his mother tongue for sure.. He's doing a much a much better job, as compared to the "Munna" of television, who recently won an award for Best Actor😲.. At this rate im pretty much sure, that when the "Telly Awards Season" will be here, the guy won't even get a nomination in the Best Newcomer category.. since R.com will be forgotten long before it could have gotten a chance to breathe!
The rest of the supporting cast is superb as well! The storyline is quite to the mark and the production values are definitely top-notch.. The direction is quite something that other shows need to learn from! All in all if we won't get a second season of Rishta.com, its not coz the show sucks, or the actors suck or we as viewers suck since we are unable to give them their desired "TRPs" but because the Sony officials themselves don't realise the true potential of this show or any other show that deserves much more airtime than "rural" mentality! What about us "Urban" lot?? Don't we deserve some lot too?😕
Thanks guys for reading, I just wish they get some sense and give Rishta.com a second season with an even better timeslot.. say like C.I.D! cos if it wouldn't have got that chance to prove itself, wud it have run for 12-13 years in a row??