Our soaps need to grow up

Our soaps need to grow up

With American soaps like Desperate Housewives and Sex And The City for competition, Viraasat decides to grab eyeballs by taking a closer look at love-making

Subhash K Jha

Sangeeta Ghosh and Rohit Roy in Viraasat

Star Plus Viraasat seems to have opened the floodgates in the world of television in terms of bold love-making scenes between the lead actors, Sangeeta Ghosh and Rohit Roy in the forthcoming episodes.

The serial has these two actors playing the Indian Romeo and Juliet. We have some rather bold love-making scenes, the kind never seen in any soap, says Rohit. There is no nudity but it is bold by our soap s standards. Come on, our soaps need to grow up! We re competing with the likes of Desperate Housewives and Sex And The City. I think the relationship between couples should be shown more explicitly in our soaps.

The fact that Rohit always found Sangeeta hot on screen helped strike the right chemistry. We hit it off from the first day. After working in Viraasat, I have started to find Sangeeta not only hot, but also a warm person, he says.

Will Viraasat be a harbinger of a new bold phase in Indian soaps? I hope so, says Rohit. I don t mind doing love-making scenes as long as they re done aesthetically like in Viraasat. I wouldn t do anything that I d be ashamed of. I have a little daughter at home and I will be answerable to her one day.

What does wife Manasi Joshi have to say? The first thing I do when I go home is to reveal all the details of the day which include the love-making scene with Sangeeta too. Fortunately, Manasi s an actor too and she knows what needs to be done, has to be done, he says.

Also, the presence of several big names from television resulted in ego clashes on the sets. Rohit Roy is quick to dismiss this theory. I know that TV actors are known to have clashes. But believe me the working environment was healthy, he says. I can t say that we are one big family, a feeling I experienced during my first soap Swabhimaan ten years ago. But yes, we all get along fine. I had a good rapport with Aman Verma who plays my elder brother. I have a soft corner for Kiron Kumar as he played my first dad on screen, he says.


We have some rather bold love-making scenes, the kind never seen in any soap
Rohit Roy

thanks for sharing Apurva

Come on, our soaps need to grow up! We re competing with the likes of Desperate Housewives and Sex And The City. I think the relationship between couples should be shown more explicitly in our soaps

i think he needs to grow up.nudity can neva make a serial hit.its the story line theme and acting.anyone can do hot love makin scenes but the top actors dont do these kinda things for success.
Ash

Thanx

Let's wait & watch wat happen in Virasat. How bold it is 4 Indian television.

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thanx 4 sharin 😛

i dont think indian parents would like their kids 2 watch bold scenes on tv soaps. 😆

nowadays most of the bollywood films are explicit.can we not have sum things left untouched?drama's are watched by all ages.yes there shud be romance but really do we need to watch bold love scenes in dramas?we get enough of that on american shows as well as the hindi cinema now.i just want to be able to sit in front of the tv and watch a programme with my entire family,young and old alike,and not feel embarrased in front of them.

hmmm i wonder how this will be do they really need to do this yaar i dont think there is any point to it really thanks for the article