Strange are the ways of Tellydom -Article

One year back Rajshree Thakur also known as Saloni of Saath Phere was the most popular TV star on screen. However, the serial had seriously lost its focus and turned ridiculously convoluted. Looks like the melodrama continues with Saloni's husband Nahar now being diagnosed with a life-threatening disease and predictably he has only two months to live. Now, under these circumstances, wouldn't the most obvious thing be to confide in one's family? But our TV characters believe in hiding such serious issues from their family members to protect them. And thus begins a web of deceit and suspicion. And the wife of course always discovers the truth, in this case through a pre-recorded message that Nahar had saved for his wife to listen to on his birthday, which falls two months after his death.

Now, any normal wife would obviously be mad at her spouse for hiding something so shocking. But not our on screen sati-savitris, who believes in weeping in silence and driving us batty with their simpering act while the onscreen faade continues. Strange are the ways of our Tellydom.

Delving deeper into the world of melodrama, a new serial on Sony, Hum Ladkiyaan, focuses on the life of four young girls who also happen to be good friends. The four friends have diverse characters — one is a singer, the second a dreamer, the third a loner and the fourth a simpleton but they all have their personal desires that over a period time don't really materialise. The serial has begun on a fairly interesting note although one has to really be cautious before getting carried away as most new serials loose their initial spark after a few weeks if not months.

Moving on from the fictional world of serials to reality television, the drama continues on Bigg Boss as Rahul Mahajan desperately tries to woo an uninterested Monica Bedi, from making early morning chai for her to singing her praises and even pouring his heart out to his colleagues. The love sick, Rahul is openly wearing his heart on his sleeve. However, knowing his penchant for grabbing the eyeballs, this could well be a well-orchestrated publicity stunt by the channel to increase TRPs. Somehow after the exit of the loud-mouthed Sambhavana, the serial sure seems to have lost its spark. The funniest bit though is when guys like Zulfi and Debojit insist on referring to Monica as bhabhi, much to her amusement. But our lady thankfully has not bitten the bait. But with still a few more weeks to go, anything is possible on this show.