Gone are the days when the serials used to be such a fun.
The serials were so meaningful and interesting that everybody encouraged the young generation to watch them….. They had a lot of depth in them. We always completed our homework just to watch all those.
We sat and watched the celluloid every Sunday afternoon for a movie on our National channel, hope u have not forgotten our very own Doordarshan.

I still remember watching Chandrakantha, Ramayana and Mahabharata on National TV. Slowly and gradually Cable TV was introduced and today we have as many as 200 channels on our televisions.
As a kid I never liked the tea-time Dubbed English news on TV where the narrator would try and lip-sync the soberly dressed lady reporter unlike the ones today where reporters are hotter than the news.

There was a serial called Hip-Hip-Hurray which made me stick to my couch every Wednesday at 8 pm…
How can we forget I dream of Jeanie? where Jeanie did all the mischievous activities and master had a tough time fixing them ahh!!! so much fun all the time and not to forget adventures of Swami and his friends in Malgudi days. And many others like Duck Tales or our favorites Tehkikat or to say Byomkesh Bakshi (sorry for the spelling…)

Duck Tales ooooyooo!!!!

Was that Byomkeskh Bakshi????

Now, the situation has completely changed the other way around. At every push of a button on our remote control is a KKK-soap Kyunki, Kahani, Kasauti and I think Kab Khatam Hogi Kahani sorry for the’H’in it ,you see I cant beat Ekta in this ! All rich ladies laded and embedded with heavy saris and jewelry and tons of makeup throughout the day. You see them with make-up every time…even when they are sleeping, eating, shouting, talking to themselves, attending their husband’s demands also when they get up from sleep their saris are well ironed I don’t know what fabric is that , good the Raymond fabrics don’t hire goons to kidnap them to know the secret hahahaha……..

There is this one program titled KYUNKI …whatever, and it really has nothing related to its title. This show presents a family whose size can never be defined because of the many illicit relations
and children may come out at any stage of the serial bringing about a complete change in the dynamics of the family. The family includes a grand grand grand …………now cmon guys she is not that old grandma
I have never seen anyone smiling, joking, relaxing in the serial. It starts with actors growling and making funny faces and ends with the same, with lots of gali-galoch and rona-dhona in between. All characters speak like they have fevicol stuffed in their mouth and next in the lane comes the great great BJP loyalist Shree Shree Ma Tulsi who has not only maintained her weight but also added to her beauty ïŠ
and uss se bhi badi height is Bechari Baa, when the serial started, she was 70 plus and now after a gap of 3 slabs of 20-20 years still she is 80 plus..Kya baat he(need to ask her secret)..
seriously ekta kapoor is champion of bringing the conspiracies, churning out divorces by the dozen, remarriages at the drop of a hat ,needless scenes and the all angle extra effects makes u feel u are soon in the making of a cock eye in the name of Indian cullture and Indian Women

I watched the few episode of Ekta kapur’s Mahabharat.I am very much depressed to see this serial. It totally seems an AMERICANISED MAHABHARAT so far as costumes are concerned. The looks and dresses of the actor and actresses are like a westernised mafia don..
usse dekh ke lagta hai iska naam Kahani apne mahabhrat ki nahi kahani AAJ ke mahabharat ki hona chahiye….
THIS MAHABHARAT IS VERY DANGEROUS THE FOR NEW GENERATION because we have already seen the previous serial and movie and also read different books on Mahabharat.But most of the children of new generation do not know the story of mahabharat and they have not seen the old serial and movie. So they will have a wrong Idea about the characters of ONE OUR MOST POPULAR EPIC.
So moral of the story is, you cannot change epics, they are classics. But Miss. Ekta thinks she can change anything.. so she’s trying her best to ruin epics.
Ekta has done same with mahabharat which Ramu has done with movie sholay………..
But still the TRP of these serials are going on and on( with TRP ratings as high as 10). Fail to understand what’s the taste of audience of today.  Isn’t there any other source of entertainment
Anyways, if anyone of you readers can think of more reasons for that lady’s success, do let me know! Not that I have anything against her in personal, but I am really amused at the way she has been succeessful in fooling millions of Indians!
May be because she has the “K” factor!
All I will say is “God save our generation from Ekta Kapoorâ€. I wish anyone could do something… some consumer court, high court or Supreme court… nope.. I think only janta court can do something on it….
Reality Shows – is next on my list….. So all you there beware!!! He he ha ha ha….
#1 by Pravina - September 18th, 2008 at 16:52
And do you know in ‘K’ series inspite of crores of loss the family can still afford to do makeup and dress up with finest accessories and clothings which when we go to buy cost around 5K plus…… India is a rich country aur ekta is? (ekta me bohot takad hai. shayad paisa bhi hai).
Old is gold….. all those days are just Malgudi days for me. I had to complete my homework before 9 am on sunday to convience my mom to watch Mahabharat.
I can watch all those detective serials even today if broadcasted….. And sunday was the only day when i could watch a movie that also “MARATHI” movie. And the funny characters from it. That time i had wished for cable, but now i just keep switching between channels and my eyes beg for mercy… No gain, No entertainment, But i still do it…. i still watch it…… I will call it “Addiction for idiot box” (Ab toh adat si hai mujhko aise jine me…….)
#2 by Lisa - September 19th, 2008 at 11:31
Hehe, though I don’t watch too much of the Hindi serials, I’ve heard enough from friends to know that they’re almost as bad as the Bold and the Beautiful (which I also don’t watch, btw!!) where new generations of actors keep appearing but the old generations seem to not age at all!! Quite amazing!!
Very true and entertaining article!! Great job!!
#3 by Jayashree - September 19th, 2008 at 18:01
Hi,
You shown one side of ‘K’ serials, but you didn’t think Why all these ‘Indian Women’ especially house wife see these serials? I think reason is all ‘Saas’ think that her ‘ Bahu ‘ should be like ‘Tulasi’ because they found ‘Tulasi’ is good ‘Bahu’
Even all ‘Bahus’ see reflection of them self. These serials specially applicable for Indian Women
#4 by Kavita - September 24th, 2008 at 15:44
@jayashree
ya i agree with u for some points
but nowadays they are really showing things
that not happens in real life…
all that ‘punar janam’, plastic surgery after an accident…
yad daash kho dena aur phir se aaja na…. its all bakwas…..
they just increase their episodes length to make money
but they don’t realize the harm it makes to people who see those serials…
Again my point is am not against Ekta… But i hate what she shows in her serials……