Lollywood Gossip/Adda SM Updates #34 | DT.N.: Pg 30 - Page 83

Originally posted by: blahblah131

Lol ft fans comparing the success of IM to it

https://twitter.com/beingsapphires/status/1762163356520354200?t=kaGGNQJbmZ-j_DJTiRc2fA&s=19

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3vT4cDiY4v/?igsh=cjkzczNzbzJmMTdi

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SFRiZGcXllk

Why this guy is getting new show? He can't act at all. Atleast Aena looks good. The ost is nice though.

Originally posted by: Haalim

8 or 9 April

So that means still more than a month to see Hiba

Originally posted by: Kittykatkit

they know very well these two aren’t on the same level of success . Fairytale was an average hit no matter how much hum’s pr tries to make it the blockbuster of the year . Two episodes of im is the entire YouTube view of fairtale

Honestly though I don't understand how ths shows success work. Hum had lots of better shows than Ishq murshid. However people didn't give the views. Even Yunhi was far far better.

Originally posted by: mala06

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SFRiZGcXllk

Why this guy is getting new show? He can't act at all. Atleast Aena looks good. The ost is nice though.

Originally posted by: mala06

Honestly though I don't understand how ths shows success work. Hum had lots of better shows than Ishq murshid. However people didn't give the views. Even Yunhi was far far better.

Originally posted by: Kittykatkit

I honestly don’t get it. It isn’t even a Bilal thing because people have never tuned into any of his shows like this

Ishq Murshid is a fun frothy David Dhawan-Govinda romp. These films were loved by Pak audiences back in the day. We have so many iterations of this trope in BW over the years and it has been a successful formula almost always. Bawarchi with Rajesh Khanna, Hero #1 with Govinda, that one with Amol Palekar (naam nahi yaad), even a little bit of Maddy's RHTDM. The OG FB track reminds me of Johnny Lever tracks in 90s-00s BW comedies - uska apna hi scene chal raha hota tha, but the audiences used to love it. The poor guy with heart of gold who gets a girl above his station is another crowd-pleaser and someone audiences get invested in (like a Raja Hindustani). There is a little bit of Raja Hindustani reference in FB for sure. When FB wears the orange suit, it made me think of Raja Hindustani when Aamir (an uneducated small town taxi driver) dresses up in a garish suit to impress Karisma (an educated city girl from rich family). Add in Bilal's fantastic performance, Durre's beauty, the plethora of cute romantic filmi moments (they are filmy not ptv drama-esque), and you get yourself a blockbuster hit.

I think all ptv dramas getting good trps these days have something filmy to them. a little bit old bw. IM's filmi references I've talked of. The Beta influence in JeJ is very strong (also similar films of that time). APKDD is not out yet but the trailer gave me a mix of Sajan+HDCCS. BRKRJ the way it's shot is very filmy and the trailer had scenes with a very Ishqzaade vibe. I can write a whole post on these comparisons. But my point is that ptv audience these days seem very receptive to filmy stories, filmy moments, filmy romance. These elements tap into nostalgia or allow people escapism from grim reality, dunno what, but viewers seem to lap it up. A Yunhi on the other hand is very old school ptv which people seem less receptive to.

They have this new blue eyed girl who can’t act for shit in dramas. So far she’s in dramas I don’t care about and hopefully it says that way

Engagements are just a halal way of dating in Pakistan because asim and merub have been engaged for over two years now . I feel like desis usually don’t have long engagements