hey ppl...
this is wht i came across in the TIMES OF INDIA.. bangalore edition on july 3rd.. this is what it says
tv serials have been potraying women as querulous and vicious and some viewers are protesting.
FROTH OVER THE SOAP LADIES
they bicker, they scheme, they pick up paramoures at random. this is the way most indian tv serials potary women and so it could be urvashi dholkiya spouting venom, swetha khavatra plotting mischeif, a vineeta vaasu playing th role of a dominating shrew-what ever the role, the women is often shown as someone whose made it her business in life to crete trouble
the state women comission in mp has recently issued notices to ekta kapor, followin hundreds of complaints from women all over the state voiceing ther concern about the currupting influence of her serials. there contention- 'the women in her soaps are either conspiring against each other or busy conducting extra maritals affairs.' potraying women in this manner has a damagaing influence on those who watc suc serials. bagloreans are furious about the way tv soaps are handled.
says tv actress khulraj randhava, who moved from bangalore to mumbai, 'ppl could relate to saas - bahu serials initially but later the story lines became very negetive, viewers have imbibed so many wrong ideas. the saas is almost always shown in cruel n the bahu is skeeming or traumatized.
theatre person ruby chakravati 'the women shown in hindi serials seem to be caught in a twilight zone of some sort sensitive issues between husbands and wife are treated in a bizarre manner. but many women viewers are influenced by these ideas. as for the men-ter views of women are quite warped already and such serials only reinforce a steriotype of women that does not even exist.
says saranya hegde, 'i get very agaitated when i see the way the woen are potrayeed in Indian tv serials.infact v wanted to start a signature campaign against this type of potrayal of women some time ago. but v didnt do it at that time.
i hope Mr Deepak Sehgal reads this....
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