What could be the reason behind Gentleman's failure?

A drama touted as biggest drama of 2024 with a team like Humayun, Yumna and KRQ is not performing as expectations

https://youtu.be/Kf5OO83mWCA?si=LvHf4BJ9ggQEXhXw

What do you think is not working for it?

Small channel is not an excuse as Abdullahpur Ka Devdas gets 3x views on a channel with 500k subscribers

https://youtu.be/nBrzxraHQj0?si=iDBbcZ9Ad_61tt4P

First episode got high trp and views but couldn't sustain it, is the era of superstardom coming to end in Pak industry too?

Danish does same dramas every 4 months and they are hit, all dramas have same story and same character, is the audience not tired of watching same content?

But some good dramas are topping TRP charts

What are your views?

It is not clicking among neutral audience

Good topic BTW gentleman is airing on green TV which is a 1 year old channel if it was aired on Ary, geo and hum it would've got mass fame

Originally posted by: anikamathur

Good topic BTW gentleman is airing on green TV which is a 1 year old channel if it was aired on Ary, geo and hum it would've got mass fame

YouTube channel subscribers don't matter if there's a decline in views and TRP, much smaller channels have much more views.

Ary, Geo also don't have high reach like not all projects can be as big as Tere Bin

Originally posted by: Winterberry08

YouTube channel subscribers don't matter if there's a decline in views and TRP, much smaller channels have much more views.

Ary, Geo also don't have high reach like not all projects can be as big as Tere Bin

Sirf Tum and Khumar got million views despite tere bin ended

I think it also depends on how popular you are among ground audience. Like feroze and danish are quite popular among general audience who aren't on social media sites and hence they watch all their shows on yt.

Yumna though might have trended during tb but everyone knows that before tb she never had a super hit or bb in her kitty, even other shows of her performed averagely including the most hyped pks on yt and rating wise.

Humayun is a big name in film Industy of pak, but even he doesn't have a fanbase to back and hype the project.

Also the storyline matters, it isn't interesting and appealing enough to neutral audience hence the views are decreasing or are below average.

Originally posted by: Rashi23

I think it also depends on how popular you are among ground audience. Like feroze and danish are quite popular among general audience who aren't on social media sites and hence they watch all their shows on yt.

Yumna though might have trended during tb but before tb she never had a super hit or bb in her kitty, even other shows of her performed averagely including the most hyped pks on yt and rating wise.

Humayun is a big name in film Industy of pak, but even he doesn't have a fanbase to back and hype the project.

Also the storyline matters, it isn't interesting and appealing enough to neutral audience hence the views are decreasing or are below average.

Yes his drama are mostly remembered be it dil lagi and MPTH his Dramas are amazing except Ishq junoon deewangi and kaafir

I think the lead pair is not clicking with the audience. The leads should visually compliment each other. Here the age gap is visible & Yumna's frame is tiny in comparison to Humayun. I've the same issue with Humayun & Sajal's pair now. Hope he plays her father in Manto.

The plot isn't gripping either. Zahid's character seems complex though.

You need to compare with shows of Green which have been hits. Kabli pullao views were pretty bad - it maybe hit a good over 4 TRP once. Otherwise shows of Green aren’t TRP getters. It’s been established again and again. I saw some predicting 20+ TRPs and 20M views for GM but even then many of us pointed out it’s impossible for that channel. The stars argument or logic has never mattered. For example:

Akhaara started off good with over 10M views but it plummeted badly. Finale barely has 4M views. Same with 22 qadam. Started off with 10M and then finale hasn’t even hit 2M. You can see the drastic decline in views after it’s premiere. Does that translate into Feroze and Wahaj not being popular? Of course not. It means introducing new concepts gets audience interested but isn’t able to sustain the interest. By that standard over 9M for GM is right on the Green trend of its popular shows.

The efforts Green is making will take a lot of time. Making shows about cricket, wrestling, gang wars or politics isn’t going to grasp audiences overnight. Nor are atypical love stories like KP and even Tumhare Husn Ke Naam. All excellent shows with critical acclaim but audience meter aise nahi badalty. Not to mention Sunday has big names like Sajal on Hum doing a female centric show and Danish on Geo as well doing a full time masala show. GM isn’t a lone superstar show airing that day. Competition is tough and Hum Geo has its loyal viewership. Yesterday’s first interview by SH with HS and Yumna established that this script was always meant for Green and was specially made for that channel for promoting new content. It was not HS’s script that he could air on the usual channels.

Having said that, GM has only had 4 episodes - Abhi tou story start hoi hai - and yet it’s being praised and getting critical acclaim. From script to direction to performances, everything is holding its own. I suggest you watch the episodes of KDH from which polls the screen shots you have mentioned were taken the discussion in the show and the final results.

Even its OST is over 11M views now. Compared to shows which are airing at the same time who have not even half of that

KDH Full Form ??