“I am not a serial killer”

“I am not a serial killer”

“I am not a serial killer”, don’t guess by this statement that I am some kind of murderer of any sort, what I mean here is that I am not a addict of watching family melodramas which airs every evening from 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM on various TV channels(called as prime time)

It is all started with the old “saas bahu ke khaniya” series which bestow lessons (instruction manuals) on how to be a good DIL(daughter in law) or MIL(mother in law), but in each and every episode there are precipitation of tears and brand new fights and she who shed more tears is the righteous one (holy cow) , the same serial tells story about a joint family which is a rare concept in today’s world, and if persons (mostly women) get erudition from serials than why there is still no harmony in the same families or houses called as homes,

 After 10 years of watching these saas bhau sagas most women viewers understood that, this kind of instant coffee type solutions will not work in their families and they need to devise their own ways for a happy family—(I think that’s why women brain is called as “complicated” because what they need to understand in one year they understand in 10)—

by virtue of which all TRP of those serials suddenly gone down to south and then a new type of serials crop up

 I will name them all as “sataye hui abla nari ke khaniya” (the hardship which women are facing in India) mostly they are covering issues like child marriage, gender bias on education, eve teasing, forced marriage etc etc. , it is good to see that people are getting mature and accepting all these injustice in society dramas but eventually either due to lack of story line or too much of air space given to them, serial becomes a picture of over exaggerated social malice which nobody is interested to watch.

Some of my so called female friend who are educated, self-made (on fathers money), self sufficient (on boyfriends money) argued with me that these serial at least made us to speak in the family matters (getting arrogant with their parents is actually what they mean) but my response to all those female chauvinist people is that, are they represent or comprise 80% of the female in India, I believe answer is a big NO, this over hyperbole is creating hatred then creative awareness.

Then comes the genre of soups which better to be called as “Chori ke kahaniya”, they all are either adopted or stolen from some Hollywood soup, movies or concept. I think it is fine to steal (we are esteemed neighbors of China, so there should be some impact) as most of the Indian writers are not able to create any new ideas to create a story around but what I want is justice to the stolen stories or ideas, what has been created for Indian audience is with filthy level of studios , a very low level of graphical effects, downgraded cheap performances from some very underpaid people to save cost and easily replaceable resources.

If all of the above failed to get your attention then there comes new on the shelf these days called as “Baccho ko palnay kay tarikay” series where you will find what is your so called Z generation(X,Y are small and old now) kids want and according to that parents need to set their lifestyle, in these serial kids get angry with their dad or mom on something  which they don’t even know about at their age(like dating, clubbing, romantic relationship etc.)  And then parent goes out of the way and do everything to settle things out as though kid is his father. My Mom and Dad never watched such kind of serials but they did fairly well in upbringing me.

One day when I was in my home town I asked my chachi (My father’s younger brothers wife) why she watch these kind of weird serials and the instant reply was “there is nothing to do in home so better to invest time (means waste of time)  in soaps” , I was so shocked for once and thought that, is it the sole reason for all the women to watch serials , than I asked her why you are not watching discovery or animal planet or some MGM movie , pat comes the reply –they are not making any relation to my life—so from this conversation what I discovered is people watching these serials is not because something else is not coming on television but it relates with their own life or you can say unfulfilled dreams.

One more reason I discovered later when I was talking to my elder cousin sister is the peer discussions which revolve around these serials and their stories so if she is not updated with the story line than she cannot be a part of discussion or even of the group.

So all in all the ongoing of all these prime time irritation will continue for a long time as serial are not only for entertainment but they are attached with the filings and emotions of people who are watching them.

Jai Ho Ekta mata ke……