Thumbs Up & Thumbs Down - 4th - 8th Aug

Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down - A weekly column in our News Hub - Telly Buzz that will give the latest twists and turns in the serials brought about to capture its' audience. A thumbs up is where the audience likes the track and a thumbs down is where it fails to meet the expectations...





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Kumkum - Ek Pyaara Sa Bandhan: This show seriously now doesn't know the way down. Creatives are doing a fabulous job of presenting the tracks in such a way that every viewer can enjoy them whole heartedly. Last week, it was a treat for viewers to see Sumit-Kumkum coming closer to each other. Sumit's father gets hospitalized; Kumkum walks with Sumit all the way, and promises to be together and ends up doing all kinds of rituals for him and his family. To add up to it was Sumit's naughty attitude towards Kumkum , all spiced up and made a memorable week to watch for, and now that Sumit is getting closer to his past, we are again promised of wholesome entertainment for sure. Bravo, creatives!!Parrivaar - Kartavya Ki Pariksha: Last week, it was time to rejoice for Parrivaar viewers! Swapnil gets exposed in front of the family, all thanks to Shlok and his determination. Shlok traps Swapnil cleverly and brings out his truth in front of the family, and gets him arrested. But the show cannot stop without anything to spice up for, so we got to see Urvashi getting negative and is on a mission to destroy this family. In the coming weeks, we are bound to face some more drama but what we are really looking forward is for Shlok and Radha getting married. Let's see when this happens, or if it happens at all!Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki: Right now, this show is charged up. Parvati is on another mission to find out Tanu's real murderer, she enters Agarwal family again but putting up a drama with a memory loss and solacing Trishna as her friend, and here Sasha is back again to add up more drama to the already existing one. With Chotu getting ready to back away from Sasha, and Parvati's true powered mission to focus on, let's see how it moves ahead from here as already Trishna gets aware that Parvati is putting up a false act on memory loss!Balika Vadhu: This show comes from a unique channel called Colors, and it's rocking like its channel. A story of Anandi – a child bride who at a tender age of 8 is about to get married to an equally tender age boy Jagdish, thus leaving her into a new world which is quite alienating and confusing. The story talks highly on child marriages, and its dimension in today's scenario. It's definitely different from the regular dramas and makes us think loudly of its legalities. Way to go for raising more awareness for the viewers!Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dill: Last week, Daljeet got a taste of her own medicine. Lallu got angry with her and exposed her truths in front of the whole family... along with also claiming Meher and Heer as his own children. It was nice to see something new in this show, and for the family to be united with Lallu. We hope to see more progression with Prem and Heer's love story, and hopefully some better things in the near future as well!

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Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi: Why there are endless villains/vamps surrounding this show? It doesn't stop anywhere. If we had Trupti, then came Vaidehi, if we had Eklavya, now it's the turn of Ganga's ex-lover Shiv who has to board this long-tailed flagship. Right now, the show is too busy showing cats and mouse game between Vaidehi and Tulsi, leaving again no chance of showing Karan-Nandini's long lost son. We wonder if he could ever be shown up or not. This never-ending flagship is too messy to handle now, it's so right that those never-ending stories at least could have found an end, but this show, we don't even know the end!! No questions, and no answers... that's the best we can say for now! Banoo Main Teri Dulhann: Viren, Divya's so-called 'husband', is brought into the Singh Mansion by none other than... Sindoora. This same track has been repeated before, with Sagar and Vidya's story. Why repeat it again? And why is Amar even thinking of suspecting Divya? If only he had full faith and trust inside of her... and it seems like Sindoora is continuing to poison his brain. We can only hope that Amar will think more in the future, and learn to trust his wife fully. Hopefully Viren will go away soon, so this nonsense will be put to an end!

Teen Bahuraaniyaan: How long will Kajal's spirit continue haunting Bindiya's body? This track is just dragging too much now... when viewers think there's a chance of Kajal going, she manages to do something stay inside the house, and inside Bindiya's body. Bindiya, on the other hand, is suffering mentally and physically from all of this, along with the rest of the house. The Baba is doing some positive work, but when will this track end? When will viewers get to see Bindiya back to normal? Please, please, let this end soon, or Kajal and Bindiya may lose their voices completely from all their screaming in the show!

Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan: It seems like Kajri is winning again! She is slowly managing to create rifts of misunderstandings between Yuvraj and Niyathi. When will this stop? Everytime there is a chance of her being thrown of the house, she manages to come back in. It makes absolutely no sense for her to remain in the house at this moment; when will her truth be exposed? Along with that, Rasik also seems to be winning in his plans... please, let us see some more sense and hopefully the good prevailing over evil in this show!

Baabul Ki Aangan Chootey Nah: Payal seems to be creating more misunderstandings, and although there were some slight happy moments for Shubh in the show, it doesn't seem like the current track is going anywhere. We hope to see some progression, and for Swayam to be gone soon... viewers are waiting to see more of Aastha and Shubh, please!