Originally posted by: columbia
Generally TV shows - pak or ITV are frankly full of red flags only. The writers are from some other zamana and the motivation is trp and not creativity or intelligent writing. Your brief synopsis has only convinced me not to watch the sheryar Sajal show 😵Frankly we really can’t escape the fact that in our societies, be in India or Pak, feminism, equality, chauvinism, chivalry are so misunderstood even by women.
I am watching TB but not obsessively…I don’t think the writing deserves the glorification the show has got. Frankly, I love Wahaj and Yumna but my days of obsessive watching are over, I have realized I need to connect on some level. That’s why Kuch Ankahi is something I really love, I do think it has lot to do with me personally …many characters are similar to me and my life and of course it helps that the writing is so thought provoking.
I am happy for finite dramas. But I also think web series are fantastic, IF doesn’t do a good job of building a forum to discuss web series. Frankly it seems like IF has not really kept up with content side of things, but yes, the people on IF definitely represent society very well which has become quite discordant, peripheral and self indulgent.
Itv is a lost cause but thankfully Indian webseries are good and most movies on women empowerment are done right. Since there are multiple movie industries and other content in India, we have a lot of options other than ITV. But pak industry has very less content apart from pak dramas. Webseries are very little and Zee5 only releasing original pak webseries once in a blue moon. Green tv content looks good but i am afraid there will be backlash for it.
I think indian and Korean women centric movies are better than Hollywood women centric movies. Latest Charlie's angle and captain Marvel are a good example. They bash and degrade men to make their female characters stronger. It's like the female version of male chauvinism. Whereas Indian and Korea movies are way more subtle and is mostly about just women without degrading men. There is a balance. If they show bad men then they show good men as well like in darlings or bulbul or tapad.
TB at this point is highly overrated. The only good thing out of it is wahaj finally got the attention he deserved. Now i don't even bother to check the precap.
Dramas like kuch ankahi is the reason why i like pak dramas. Due to strict censorship pak contents have very limited genres and they are the best at showing very down to earth real stories with subtlety and simplicity. Like Zgh, udaari etc. Telling what they want to without being preachy or ott dramatic scenes. If i want to watch intense romance with ott moments i will simply watch kdrama rom-coms. It will also have more romantic scenes bewteen the leads without keeping everything to our imaginations😆.