TVs week of miracles

Alls well in the entertainment world,and even the news exuded good cheer

Alls well in the entertainment world,and even the news exuded good cheer
This is the week that wasnt. Thats how Cyrus Broacha may have described the last week on television,seeing how unbelievable it was.

For the first time in its brief history of sex,love,hate and betrayal,Emotional Atyachar (Bindass) featured a boy,who does not double cross his girl friend despite the irresistible inducements of a beautiful seductress. She offers him her body and her sole (feet first!),he kicks up his heels and runs back to his Peeping Tom girlfriend,who instead of knocking him silly for his two-timing ways (which is what usually occurs),goes down on bended knee to welcome him back.

If this carries on,the show will lose its thematic USP and its catchy title. Dont know why people watch it anyway,since we all know what will happen at the end of each episode a couple will part company after an emotional pickle (atyachar,got it?) even before it has begun.

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Another thing: At least 50 per cent of the characters in TV soaps were happy. They could not stop smiling. Normally,a full episode would be devoted to a character like Bebo (Sabki Laadli Bebo,Star Plus),in tears as she recalled what had happened to her before her lookalike Rano killed her and she defied death to return to her home and remember the injustices which had blighted her life,her happiness,etcetera. But now she is joyous,her Prince Charming loves her,his family and her family adore her and so does the evil Rano whom she has forgiven. All is well.

All is exceedingly well for Ichcha too (Uttaran,Colors). She is reunited with her beloved Veer,Tapasya has stepped outside the triangle of love so that they may live out their fairytale romance and she,meanwhile,learns to do the dishes instead of Ichchas mother who has been slaving in the kitchen for so long, her expression is as grey as the utensils.
And did you see how loving Dadisa is towards our beloved Anandi (Balika Vadhu)? She is positively glowing at her like the models skin does after a week of fairness cream. Is Ponds the latest?

After weeks of wallowing in terrible events Jagdish being kidnapped,Anandi surviving bullets,the family surviving her survival struggles everyone looks so happy and together. It was too much. Weve got accustomed to everything getting much,much worse just when it seems that it might get better. Definitely time to switch channels. But then Parvati appeared on the scene or rather the actress Sakshi Tanwar did,and given her propensity for suffering after years on Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki,expect things to get worse now.

Switched channels. News TV. No re-runs of serials or jhalaks of films stars dancing. All of them were lighting up Superstar Ka Jalwa (Star Plus). No frills,no fights,just straight news. Arnab Goswami wasnt yelling at someone to his far right whom he could see but we couldnt,Navjot Singh Sidhu wasnt dressed in different shades of the same colour from head to toe. Nor was he talking faster than a speed train. Whats going on here?

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More followed: In discussions on NDTV 24×7 and CNN-IBN,Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari was heard agreeing with BJPs Ravi Shankar Prasad. The BJP said M.F. Husain should be the brand ambassador for the Commonwealth Games. The Congress agreed and we looked forward to a happy ending,when Mr Husain refused,saying that he doesnt like to travel. After the court cases against him in India,he said his movements had been restricted to brush strokes on canvas (NDTV 24×7). Huh?