Sunday, June 20, 2010

serial killers

No no , I don't really know any serial killer as such , nor will I try to go into any serial killer's mentality :D But this is about something which is as dangerous as a serial killer is.At least that is what I felt after watching them for few days now , when I was on leave , thanks to throat infection , cold , fever , etc , etc ;) Actually , no etcs . Its just throat infection , cold  and fever :D

OK coming back to the topic..oh.. I haven't mentioned the topic till now . Its about these mega serials which are aired almost all the time in all the channels ;) I have started watching some of these in recent past. Its not that I watch them regularly , but just rush through them while browsing channels. Actually I don't have enough patience to sit and watch the same story for half an hour or more and then follow it up daily :P Some points , well lets say , some aspects which are sometimes irritating , annoying , amusing , amazing ,funny , etc about these serials from my point of view ;)

All people seem to wear designer clothes all the time , even when they are at home , while cooking and sleeping as well :P Yes, the ladies ,even when they go to sleep , are draped in heavy sarees , with full make up on ! It seems that the guys get to wear some modern wear ( jeans , T-shirts and other stuff ) , but even they wear the same things to bed :P I was just wondering , if people start dressing themselves up so intricately on a daily basis , half the day would be just gone in dressing up and down :D Does anyone know if in any part of country, people being like this? No idea! :D

Almost in all serials , there is a devoted wife who is trying hard to keep her husband to herself . And there is this other lady who is trying hard to snatch the husband using her charms and evil plans :D And the poor husband does almost fall into the trap of the evil lady , while the wife is still trying her best , by being sincere , loving and all that :P Give me a break! :P :D Can't they be a little more practical :P Why would an educated , good looking and self-dependent girl go after some useless guy who is already someone's husband :P And why would a lady continue to be devoted and loving to her husband even after knowing that he can fall for any other woman who comes after him :P But may be this is what the audience today enjoy watching .That's why they are using this theme in almost all the serials today :P

I don't see any serial which will cheer you up after watching it .In almost every serial , somebody or the other is crying and somebody or the other is trying to make someone cry :P It will not be a wonder if we are in a mental shock after watching these for few hours :D

I thought that the world is changing .Girls have more rights and respect these days. And people are much more broad-minded and less superstitious than they were , lets say a decade or more ago . But these serials do not want to change. They still show husbands dominating wives , and wives meekly following every order of husbands' , even if he is bad to core, there is child marriage being glorified in one serial where they depict it as if its nice to get married while you are kids and then grow up together , another one where they show a girl's parents going and begging the guy's parents to accept their daughter's hand :P , and so on . The list is endless. I wonder how the TRPs of these serials are high ..

I may be wrong in saying that everything is good in every other family in all over the world . But I think that it is the responsibility of the makers of these shows to give out positive and good ideas to so many people watching these shows regularly and not fill their mind with such backward,negative and stupid ideas :P

11 comments:

Pavan said...

So what do you expect Rash? To show something similar to our mundane lives on TV shows? Where we go to work,eat,sleep & WATCH TV? :D People want drama, so they get drama. Heck,even reality shows have drama these days :D But I actually like the drama in some of the reality shows, I admit :P

Rajesh Hanbal said...

You have spoken my mind! Was thinking exactly the same until I stayed in Delhi recently for a few months..

Have you at ever stayed in North India for a while? Agreed, it exaggeration.. But North Indians, at least Delhi urbanities are extremely beauty conscious. And what I heard from my friends(and local newspapers) was that adultery is wide-spread..

This explains why these serials have sch high TRPs.

Most of all, it is too much to expect these script writers to be agents of social change. They all mean business!

Unknown said...

serial killers :) i think we are all the victims of this and the culprit is "K" series started by Ekta, everybody are still addicted to these serial killers. wondering whether the days will be back where the channels will showcase malgudi days one of my fav and not forgetting chandrakantha which we used watch on sundays, and remember we saying our tv is cleaned once a week

Prabha said...

See.. isn't it fun watching them!! they are real fun.. you get to see the best drama ... something which you can never expect in common life... ;-)

Unknown said...

finally someone who shares my thoughts completely on this growing nuisance..kudos to u rashmi for writing the blog....thank god for some sane ppl still left who hate all the saas bahu drama

Rashmi sandeep said...

Hey thank you people , for expressing your views on the topic :)

@Rajesh : No I have never been to north India , may be once I do , I will revisit this post and write my experience ;) And yes , true , all in this business want to make money and they least bother about the impact that these cause on society .. May be its the responsibility of the viewers to select what is good for them
@Prabha and Pavan : Yes ,everyone loves drama and entertainment. But can you call something where everyone tries to be bad , where family members are scheming against each other as entertainment? There were few shows which I enjoyed like hum paanch , mayamruga in kannada , as Teju says , malgudi days , etc . I am not saying that all shows are bad , There were and there few which provide clean entertainment. It is ok until people like u guys just take it as entertainment and forget about it . But I have seen lot of people taking these serials pretty seriously and this can be harmful ..

Rashmi sandeep said...

@Teju : Yes I remember us waiting for that one scene where our TV used to be washed :D chandrakantha was one big comedy :D
Thanks Chandana for sharing my viewpoint :)

John Melvin said...

Nice thoughts rash ... :).. I am interested to see what you will do when you are retired and old and have no energy to run those 5 or 10 mile marathons or even walk :)...

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g2 said...

Well, to make something of a good quality, brains are mandatory.. hence all Indian TV channels suck!

Rashmi sandeep said...

@ g2 ,
well , no! I wouldn't generalize this saying "Indian TV channels suck" , its just that most of the shows that are aired are not good , but I am sure there will be good things to be taken too :)