Gone are
the golden days when we had T.V serials like ‘Sarabhai VS Sarabhai’, ‘Khichdi’,
‘Tu Tu Main Main’ etc. I can count in these names because these are the serials
I have seen. But then Ekta Kapoor unleashed her power and we had a new form of
TV serial. There were serials where it was always a battle between the good bahu and the vamp. The good bahu was so good that even the goddesses
were inspired by her goodness and the vamps, well what to say, I can only
summarise by saying ‘larger the size of the bindi
eviler is the vamp’. Then we grew up and I was very confident about these new
age directors that they will not make serials like these. And yes there we had
serials on social issues like female foeticide, child labour, domestic violence and so on. Impressed? Don’t be because they indeed started on
these note but eventually they all were back to square one. There would be
married couple with a women desperate to marry this girl’s husband because “Uska pati sirf mera hai” (it’s a
Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai reference), then the vamp will keep on doing one thing or
the other but the good bahu will
always defeat her. Pretty cool huh! But I wish this was just it. But then the
director lost their minds and started including all a paranormal stuffs. So
there is this serial where there is a family whose apparent enemies are ghosts,
witches and even Satan! And the best of all, a few episodes back the female protagonist
was pregnant with the Devil’s child, to which I can only sigh. In another
serial the pious dulhan has to
protect her husband from the traps of a witch and an evil women spirit who
wants to marry the hero. And then I saw Mata
Rani herself came on earth to help the girl to protect her husband. No
wonder Mata Rani is so busy and
doesn’t have time to hear us. But anyway, I can’t stop these serials from
getting telecasted so I can only wish to get some of that stuff that the
directors and producers are smoking. It must be some really awesome stuff.
