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Star Plus took a big chance by ignoring the viewers and handling the whole scenario in an underhanded way. I have seen two other serials where the main lead was changed. The viewers were given plenty of notice. In one, the heroine was burned and a new face returned a few months later. In the other, the heroine went out of town and came later with a new actress. This gave the viewers plenty of time to get used to the idea. Yes, some viewers may not care and stay. Some may come back later. It was still a huge risk. I think SP were arrogant in thinking that the viewers will stick around.Originally posted by: megustajalebi
I think there are too many predisposed generalizations regarding the "clients", the viewers. Because some viewers will literally cease watching Saathiya whereas some may take a break and come back and some may just continue to watch it like they always did. If this was "The Gia Show", I could see your point. But this is Saathiya, it's much more than Gia and people will watch it for reasons other than Gia.Plus this is show business. People come and go, and even though letting go of actors that play a main lead seems weird, it happens. The motto of this business is "The show must go on". They can't cancel an entire show at the drop of a hat just because Gia left. This show very well may get cancelled soon, but because it's so huge, SP can't let it go w/out taking a chance.
It may not be named as the Giaa Show, but Giaa was 80% of the show as Gopi. She was promoted as the face of Saathiya. It's not fair to other actors, but that's how they chose to do it. The show makers first create characters that the viewers can get emotionally attached to and connect with. The actors breathe life into these characters. If actors weren't good, the show will end in a short time. If they had changed a side character or changed the main lead 6 months into the show, it won' t be too bad. After two years, when poeple start identifying with a character and the actor's face becomes that character, you can't change them overnight and expect the viewers to have the same emotional reaction. If they just made a business decision and want the audience also to be nonchalant and disconnected about it, they should just start showing business shows (I got this from another post😆).
I remember a long time ago, SRK produced his come back movie "Chalte Chalte". The original heroine of the film was Aishwarya Rai. At the time she was going through some problems with Salman Khan. This was affecting the shooting of the movie and SRK replaced Rai with Rani Mukherjee. He had interviews where he explained that he had discussed with Rai the reasons of replacement and she agreed. At the time, neither he nor Rai gave any reasons, but everyone knew. The thing is SRK took time to explain his decision. He was upfront about it and this was a movie part of which had to be reshot to have Rani Mukherjee. Even though the audience wasn't affected, he explained so the audience doesn't turn against him or the movie for letting go of Rai. That's what SP should have done. Be honest. Why take such kind of risk?
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