Was Nahar’s death a failed strategy for TRP?

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Posted: 16 years ago
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Was Nahar's death a failed strategy for TRP?

Nahar death came and went with no great fan-fare, no fantastic rise in the trps. In fact his death caused the trp to going down. One of the biggest flaw in SP at this time is the character Amrit. Why kill Nahar and bring in Amrit?

What a waste of a really good character?

Dying for TRPs! -

16 Mar 2009, 0000 hrs IST, ROSHNI K OLIVERA

We know that everyone in telly world is 'dying' for TRPs.

A 'death' in a show can rake in a lot of points. Just recently, Balika Vadhu became the No. 1 show touching the 10-plus TRP. And this happened because of Pratap's death in the show! A few years ago, Mihir Virani's death in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi caused a furore so much so that the character had to be brought back from the dead. In the serial Maa, again Amarr Upadhyay who played the father, just died. The makers tried to give this death sequence the Khoon Bhari Maang (Hindi film) effect.

'Death' is an important tool to help give the show the necessary twist. As Amarr says, "Indians are emotional people. When a character is popular, he becomes part of audiences' lives. As Mihir Virani my death brought about a revolution on TV and thanks to the love I received from viewers, I was brought back. My death in Maa too has boosted the TRPs."

The serial Jeevan Saathi too had a relevant death sequence, where the character Neil dies and another character enters the show. Recognising the potential of 'death' in tellyland today, producers do go all out to publicise their track. Like Kamya Punjabi's 'death' in Dulhann was preceded by marketing strategies to spread word that the popular vamp was meeting her end. So also, in Bandhan Saath Janmon Ka, the lead Janhavi died after which a look-like came in. This death took the cake! The actress' obituary was publicised making people wonder whether she'd really died.

A few years ago, in Kyunki... again, the scene where Tulsi kills her son Ansh was publicised a lot and it was a very expensive outdoor sequence. It's clearly all about emotions and considering women form an integral part of the TV serial viewership, it's not surprising that 'death' continues to live on in a big way on the small screen. But a track of this kind must flow naturally with the story or else it can't have the impact. As producer of Balika Vadhu, Sunjoy Waddhwa says, "Pratap's death was always part of our script. We had built up the love story and so when on the day of the gauna the character died, it became the highpoint. It's a relevant track because it's also the turning point of the show. We gauged audiences' reactions and did our best to highlight it."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/TV-/Dying-for-TRPs/articleshow/4267425.cms

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Posted: 16 years ago
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"BIG TIME" you know why, cause the way he sunk was so sudden, thoughtless move of Nahar and after death made less impact on us cause Saloni couldn't mourn over him also immediate entry of Amrit failed to create sympathy so no gain in TRP, they had chance before leap to bring back Nahar which they missed. Now we feel Sharad is still in the show but now as Amrit not as Nahar feels POINTLESS and disappointing.
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Posted: 16 years ago
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it was totally unrealistic - it had to fail
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Posted: 16 years ago
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I was bored out of my mind. Nothing made sense and it was so dumb. like right now no one wants Amrit. We want Nahar back.

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Posted: 16 years ago
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Thanks for the article. I agree it was not a failed but a disastrous move! Infact that lead to SP loosing not only TRP's but also the charm. Nahar charac was strongly integrated to the storyline just like Saloni and somewhere both of them became essential. Wadhwaa's had the option to bring back Nahar when Saloni was pressurised to get Nahar. Both Amrit and Nahar wld have been more interested to watch than only Amrit who has been reduced to Bhabho's role. No one actually has a story going, its all in tit bits revolving ard Sawri.
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Posted: 16 years ago
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Zee didnt promote the death right and it wasnt done right.. no body, no major climax to it
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Posted: 16 years ago
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it was most ridiculous idea and now with nahar as amrit around,they don't know how to move the story..I am surprised saloni is pulling the story for so long..Its absolutely absurd story line..
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Posted: 16 years ago
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thanks for the article
indeed there wasa waste of character. we could atleast get to see some lovely moments between sal-nahar. but now with amrit nothing of that sort
poor amrit is all the time trying to pacify saloni. nothing more than that.
nahar's death didnt even draw TRPs

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