3 Apr 2008, 0000 hrs IST,ARCHANA MISHRA ,TNN
Talking on parallel lines, veteran actor Alok Nath, who is playing the character of a father in the serial Bidaai..., says,
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"It's a result of overkill of saas-bahu issues," feels Babul Ka Angan producer Ratna Sinha. She says the saas-bahu subject was done to death by covering every aspect of their conflict. "Viewers needed a break from the white and black characters," she adds. Producer-director Rajan Shahi who set up several shows like Betiyaan, Jassi, Millie, Viraasat and Kareena Kareena before becoming a producer with Sapna Babul Ka Bidaai feels that the saas-bahu shows were unreal and one-sided dramas. "The characters were caricatures and there was no reality in the story. There was so much of manipulation and negativity that the whole thing looked one-dimensional and shallow," says Rajan. Interestingly, his show Bidaai is rocking the TRP charts and last week it was the top-rated show across all channels. Well-known story and scriptwriter Rajesh Joshi who has written several serials like Kyunki, Kasauti, Kumkum and Saarthi, and is currently writing Teen Bahuraniyan and Solhah Singaar is of the view that Betiyaan Ghar Ki Lakshmi and Betiyaan Apna Ya Paraya Dhan set the change in motion. "Television can't do without a female protagonist. Once the daughter was accepted as the main protagonist, it was not difficult to change the focus from bahu to beti because essentially every channel follows the trend," says Rajesh. Betiyaan producer Dheeraj Kumar feels the focus had to change because of the change in viewership profile. In his opinion, there is a huge segment of youth that is watching television today. "Hence the focus had to change to make identification easy with the protagonist's trials and tribulations," he says, adding further, "When youngsters provide the eyeballs, it doesn't make sense to have 40-plus characters as protagonists." According to Rajan, having daughter as a protagonist gives a lot of scope to explore her relationship with her parents as well as in-laws. "Earlier in every show the daughter would get married in the first four episodes and the show would immediately become a saas-bahu drama," he adds. Today the daughter gets married after 100 episodes. "Also, after marriage her old relationships are not snapped, which from the story point of view offers lot of scope to explore the different nuances of relationships," says Rajan. But Rajesh disagrees, "You have to follow the protagonist's journey. After marriage, the focus changes from maayka to sasural and gradually maayka goes out of focus. It has happened in Solhah Singaar where the Bhardwaj family is completely out of picture. However, Vijay Kashyap who plays the protagonist's father in Babul Ka Angan feels that the change is a result of competition between channels. "One show worked on one channel and others are following the trend. But it's good that at least some change has happened," he adds. Concurs Rajesh doesn't disagree, "Everything has been tried out. Only the protagonist has changed but the substance is the same." www.deccan.com https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/915564
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Show hits century
The cast and crew celebrated 100 episodes of Sapna Babul Ka… Bidaai at a bash thrown by director-turned-produced of the show Rajan Shahi. The bash was held at B.B Bungalow, Madh Island The entire cast made sure that they turned up to celebrate the shows success. Alok Nath, Vibha Chibber, young TV stars of the show Parul Chauhan and Sara Khan, male leads of Sapna... Angad Hansija and Kinshuk Mahajan, Shabaana Mullani, Seema Kapoor with husband Amit, Shekhar Shukla, Avinash Wadhawan with wife Natasha, Naveen Saini, Vimarsh Roshan, Preeti Puri, Rajendra Chawala, Ashita Dhawan, Preeti Puri, Nattasha Rana with husband Deepraj Rana, Uttkarsha Naik, Ali Raza.
Shahi said, "It's a nice feeling to know that the show has been accepted by the masses. Simplicity is the USP and audience are connecting to the story."
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Bidaai's new team welcome Sadhna-Article
Sara Khan, who plays Sadna in Bidaai, got a warm welcome at the new location where she is going to shoot post her wedding in the show. Sadna was very nervous before her marriage sequence as she did not want to leave her original location.
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A chat with Producer/Director Rajan Shahi
Transcript of LIVE Chat with Director Rajan Shahi on Monday , 7 th April 2008 at 12:30 pm.
I would love to do something more creative than recreating the old ones.
Rajan Shahi
Director
neha > Which is your favorite serial of your amongst all the you have worked on
rajans > All the shows... Dil hai ki Maanta Nahi which was my first Directorial Debut...
yatin > Who is your favorite actor and actress you would like to work with?
rajans > I am already working with best actors in the industry .. but I am looking forward to work with Renuka Sahane and Mona Singh once more
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