Dr. Aarambhi descending into yet another saas- bahu tearjerker?

 Honest admission,  dil vs dimag debate 

Whenever I watch Dr Aarambhi's show on Color's TV, my blood boils because the makers had a lovely chance to make a classy medical show interspersed with women's empowerment tropes, as in the K-drama Dr Cha.

   But unfortunately, our desi makers have reduced this  Aishwarya Khare-led effort into yet another suffering bahu trope. Aarambhi seems to be the most troubled woman on Mother Earth. 

 The lead in Dr Cha too faced a cheating husband, indifferent kids, and an evil MIL, yet it still felt like a human drama. We do meet bad people.   But the FL fought for herself, not just took crap.

There is no saving grace in Vishwas ( Aditya   Redijj); on the other hand, the Korean hubby had some human elements.

Had the story been more multifaceted, it would have given Aishwarya, many more chances to showcase her varied acting chops rather than just one emotion.

  But here's the rub: Aarambhi has opened well, so it means audiences like it. We're in a business, so profit trumps everything.

 So now the makers will further delay the empowerment, and we can't blame them either. Why kill a milch cow?

 The powers that be are right in their thinking that doubting Thomases, like me, dont have numbers behind us. We may cry to the heavens about "decaying" content, yet we are not numerically enough to make any attempt to go beyond the pale.

   There is a lot of money riding on every show, and it's not a vanity effort to please a niche crowd.

 

  If there were a genuine demand for a change show like Anupamaa, it would not be a hit.

 Sony has attempted to change its med drama. Dhadkan  Zindagi was half different. The underlying theme was still women facing a lopsided system; it was an attempt to push evolution, but it did not work.

  Audiences need to accept small incremental changes. Rome was not built in a day.

We touched base with  Aishwarya about the same, and this is what she had to say

I feel that people tend to forget that it's a long-term concept, not a finite series. Things open slowly, is what I feel, and yes, there's trp pressure every week, so each week needs a high point.