Most infamous Tamashas of 2008 in Television
The mushrooming of reality shows has opened a new genre in television. But the high scale drama actually has led to the compromise on qualitative standards and thus here is this flipside take on the unreal reality..
THE HIGH capacity melodrama which is depicted in the name of showing the ’real’ makes these shows one among tear jerker Balaji sagas.
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It all however started on a very positive note with Indian idol and before that Viva which attracted not only generation Y but also the whole of India swung to the tunes that these new talents came up with. Since the number of shows was less, they witnessed a shower of votes and since the number of votes was disclosed, the transparency was not doubted.
This further brought a welcome break from the erstwhile dominant saas-bahu sagas. Though the numbers soon splurged to so many that it soon became a strong TRP grosser, as the psyche of the youth could be easily captivated with the help of such superficial platform that these shows offered. This platform meant a lot to especially the small city talents as they found this way to be the most translucent one. The whole concept of overnight stardom attracted many and the rising popularity through TRP’s made the endeavour by sponsors or broadcasters a lucrative one. The participants however could not fathom the fact that it is most of the time temporary stardom if one doesn’t emerge as a winner and the snatched glamour result in melancholic ending like Shinjini, a participant who couldn’t come to terms with reality and lost her voice.
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The quantitative rise actually resulted in a toll on its quality. Introduction of superstars of Bollywood like Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rakhi Sawant and inculcating glamour, masala and most importantly controversies resulted in showering of more TRP’s. The Bollywood leftovers got their lost glory back in shows like Big Boss and also gateway to Hollywood through its international counterpart, Big Brother. All the dark shaded characters got a chance there. They almost look like drunkards of course considering the fact that people like Rahul Mahajan have had a history of doping. These star studded shows make the superstars accessible for us as we get to know right from what they eat to when they do manicure.
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The toll on the other soaps were so much that even the ten year long dominance of the saas bahu saga will be taken off-air the as the popularity decline and changes in tulsi didn’t find a receptive audience.
All the other in the row however didn’t give up hoping to provide ’something new’ and presenting the old wine in a new bottle.
The celebrities not only participate but also engage in fake theatrical controversies with co-stars which increase their vote bank. like the Rakhi Sawant- Kashmira Shah one. Often relationships of convenience like teaming up in Nach Baliye by Rakhi and Abhishek proves the point behind the high scale drama of love and all they tried to establish.
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Even Sa-re-ga-ma-pa couldn’t be unaffected, the one show genuinely known for its contribution like Shreya Ghoshal to Bollywood, did show the clash of the titans, the judges and lost its authenticity in the process.
There is actually nothing constructive offered by these shows as its only formed by new genre which has made small screen shows popular. But how far this will be an alternative is yet to be seen.
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