Out of context
I was just watching a very famous comedy sitcom Dekh Bhai Dekh in youtube . This serial used to air once in a week and was hit among the masses in the year 1993.
The serial was on air for a year and aired a total of 61 episodes only.
But what I saw was when they were on episode 42 , Jaya Bachhan , the producer of the show had taken almost the entire Cast , which is 11 out of 15 of the show to London .
Along with those 11 actors , since the actors were shown to attend a wedding they took another 10 or 11 actors and then maybe few spot dada's to create the wedding atmosphere there but trust me wedding was hardly shown. It was just good locales they shot where the family was seen having fun.
Which means Jaya ji had taken somewhere around 22 to 25 actors with crew for London trip in the year 1993 which is very costly even in today's time that too when the show was just 40 episodes old.
And they shot 4 to 5 episodes there.
I am only comparing today's producers who boast about foreign trips when they hardly take 5 to 6 actors the most for Outdoor location.
And also I had read somewhere that EK had started this foreign location shoot but the fact is Jaya Bachhan had started this trend long back.
TV soaps on a globetrotting spree
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/TV-soaps-on-a-globetrotting-spree/articleshow/18953169.cms?utm_campaign=andapp&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=native_share_tray
TOI article which is giving this credit to EK. Can't believe how misinformed these journalists are.
Edited by abhilasha_dream - 6 years ago