(Black) magical viewing
The plots of most of the leading soaps on TV are flirting with the supernatural these days. Makers explain that witches, nagins and black magic always make riveting TV and ask how much longer could they have milked the saas-bahu sentiments
Superstition, black magic, occult... Our TV shows are currently thriving on these. And the audiences, too, of course love it as the ratings are through the roof.
We wonder whether the saas-bahu storyline has exhausted steam, which has led to, the makers fall back on outdated concepts like nagins, witches, shape-shifters and black magicians.
In Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, Ishita is currently possessed by her husband's ex-wife's ghost, who is making her do crazy things. What was the need for the supernatural element?
Divyanka Tripathi, who plays Ishita, says, "The track is going great guns. Obviously I too was skeptical about becoming possessed. But I am really enjoying my character."
She adds, "I do not agree that the content is outdated. Magical tales and supernatural elements have always been there and people like them. We are catering to the audiences' demands. Ekta (Kapoor) always gives the audiences what they want."
And people are quite involved with the storyline. "One gentleman has been shooting hate mails stating, Shagun leave the body of Ishita or else I will stop watching the show'. Many kids are also now scared of Ishita as their parents tell them " yeh karlo varna Ishita aa jayegi. I think I am giving tough competition to even Gabber Singh," laughs Divyanka.
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