our mature tv shows are not really dat mature

There is a new trend of calling TV love stories mature. But they are hardly mature at best they will deal with older man younger woman romance. Or coming together of an estranged couple. Have we not seen this before? If you really want to mature then in my humble urban ( I know I am not TG) opinion the following themes need to be considered(hope channels heads are reading) Inter religious and intercaste marriages and all the politics and social tension such couples face. Hindu Muslim families are shown as best friends but never as marrying each other. I thought matrimony was one important factor to be cement equations or am I wrong?? One more story could be tension a working woman faces with her conservative in laws. While they have no issues with the double income the wife brings, they expect her to also do the household chores after work, No one chips in.If husband returns late from work it is fine, woman is expected to be home best say by 10 pm. Late night parties and calls are looked down upon. One other burning issues is of kids, how do you inculcate right values in them when everybody is racing towards success. Girls of earlier generations were taught that it was important to be a virgin till marriage but today when woman marry much later . And society also teaches a woman that she has full right over her body and need not be ashamed of her sexuality . So today young woman are more ready to experiment which has it conseqeunces unwed mothers . How do you deal with your daughter's boy friend? Also why don’t shows which are set up in cat b and cat c towns shows lead girls dressed in jeanS. Good girl will always be shown in eastern dress in small town. We need to break this stereotype that western attire is bad. If a woman wants to show flesh a sari can be very good option . Before you jump even boy's parents need to be aware and tell their young kids to be good if not careful lest they might fall victim to STD. A Last but not the least is problem which parents face if they come to know that their son or daughter is gay. What hell breaks lose, how much pressure is brought on the boy girl to become “normal . sadly we stereotyping them as queer is when in real most closeted gays like u and me.

media a two way dialogue

I have been a very ardent follower of media reportage long before I become an entertainment journalist.Cut to the good old days of print and electronic media when we would love to read articles/ watch interviews of people who we did not agree with Although even then we abused them we had no option to reply formally. As letters to editors hardly ever got space and were least read I guess. Feedback good bad or ugly (I have got my share of ugly ones) really came into own post the social media revolution.Every hard hitting article /interview immediately invites large number of comments.And since the comments mirror the views of people on both sides of the fence the comments just keep multiplying. Earlier since we had no way of knowing how others feel it is not a matter of right or wrong if a view is widely held,it gains currency) we would cow down and the writer/speak would get away. Todaythanks to instant feedback,there is no escape for missing facts In such an environmentthe essence and value of the write up/ video interview many times looses values, if read in conjunction with comments.And those who oppose the write up/ interview will surely bother more to comment then those who agree. However while I welcome this democratization of the media debate which till now was a monologue. Some of the reactions are complete below the belt as well Abuses are hurled about personal lives of the writers . And if one false hood is repeatedly several times,it is considered true.Such assumptions might destroy reputations and personal lives.

A must read

Read this poem very heart rendring.


I wish you'd get here soon.
How could this happen to me, Mom?
My life just burst like a balloon.
There is blood all around me, Mom,
And most of it is mine.
I hear the medic say, Mom,
I'll die in a short time.
I just wanted to tell you, Mom,
I swear I didn't drink.
It was the others, Mom.
The others didn't think.
He was probably at the same party as I.
The only difference is, he drank
And I will die.
Why do people drink, Mom?
It can ruin your whole life.
I'm feeling sharp pains now.
Pains just like a knife.
The guy who hit me is walking, Mom,
And I don't think it's fair.
I'm lying here dying
And all he can do is stare.
Tell my brother not to cry, Mom.
Tell Daddy to be brave.
And when I go to heaven, Mom,
Put "GOOD BOY " on my grave.
Someone should have told him, Mom,
Not to drink and drive.
If only they had told him, Mom,
I would still be alive.
My breath is getting shorter, Mom.
I'm becoming very scared.
Please don't cry for me, Mom.
When I needed you, you were always there.

I have one last question, Mom.
Before I say good bye.
I didn't drink and drive,
So why am I the one to die?

new tv shows

My take on the future of new shows.

Palampur Express: Hope it does not finish 4th in the TRP talley as PT Usha did in the 1984 olympics!

Rani Padmavati. Can we have the hero and heroine looking as good as Hrithik and Aishwarya?.

Bhaskar Bharati. Will this DJ's show recreate the Jassi magic or become like the Mahabharat of 9x?

Ladies Special. Wonder if men will avoid watching as they are not allowed to board the ladies special.

Entertainment Ki llye Kuch Bhi Karega. God save our souls from non stop Anu Malik ka proudy gyan.

Dus Ka Dum. Sallu bhai pls bring Vivek and Aishwarya as guests.


Pavitira Ristha. Is Ekta going back in time to Kkusum to resurrect her career ?

Mitwa. Star don't you think that years of social churning have empowered the lower caste;s a bit more then what you are showing?

Wish List from New Govt.

With the new govt in Delhi firmly in the saddle this is the wish list from tv industry.

1. Ban IPL it causes big ticket loses to our industry.
2. Give Ekta Kapoor, Padmashree for taking Indian tv industry twenty years ahead in content.
3. Allow for adult content, i want uncensored version of Sex and the city

4. Make Reality show's tax free, it gives clean and fair chance to singers and dancers
5. Give free mobile phone and talk time, so we can sms as we dont have anything but only reality show on weekends.

6. Lift child labour law's make kids work 24*7.

Give stimulus package to 9x. They gave us a beautiful programme like Mahabharat.
Introduce fiat to re christen news channel as entertainment channel. They give us more laugh anyways.
8. Ask Salman Khan to come only shirtless on Dus Ka Dum.
9. Direct Star Plus to tinker with the format of Moment of Truth. It would be fun to see the sexual escapadas of our star's out of the closet.
10 Set up a high panel committee to find out why men are discriminate in tv contents.

Barrage of new progrmame

With IPL comming to an end, all GEC's are bending over backward to introduce new shows. Sony has completely revamped its bouquets of presentations . Bhaskar Bharati might introduce some interest given its fun and wild concept(clean lift of Mr ya Ms) . Rani Padmvati promo are shot well. For Palampur Express, i will give sony a thumps for atleast attempting to go beyond the normal sas bahu routine. Ladies Special, surely not for me, another saga of woman bonding and thier eventual suffering. Entertainment Ki Liye Kuch Bhi Karega. Oh no, will we to have to endure Anu Malik pompous attitude all over again.? Me think if the talent is goes beyond song and dance then why have old judges all over again. ?
Dus Ka Dum Salman Khan always bring his chemistry to the table . But this time if news reports are to be believed he will not use his clout to bring celeb guests, So SET attempts to save a buck might back fire as now they will have to shell out dough to bring in guests, which sallu may be managing on personal network( I am not sure though)

Colours has introduced a sunday mor band wonder what happended to its much talked about afternoon band, certain producers were supposeldy making new show for them. Vikram Betal might work with kids so i wil reserve my judgement.

One can never dismiss Zee it has an uncanny habbit of bouncing back. It will bring 3 new shows(2 fiction and one non fiction) Pavitra Rishta and Ap Ki Antara. Pavtira rishta from what ever i have heard seems similiar to Ekta maya's Kusum although she denies. My attempt to get more more info were stone walled by gaging the lead girl Ankita. As of now Dulhan is sure going of airl. Divyanka is confuseing me yaar at one time she says she is ok with the show going off " It had its life and now she is crying foul.

Star Plus shaken by the colour threat to its numro uno slot is aslo girding up its lion and commingw with a number of new show. Star Vivah is already up and running. Though i have my doubt wheter it will run given that they will air only profile with such marriage info. Mitwa will soon be on its way. . Its big ticket presentaton with its indian take on This format would be interesting as the channel will have to re work the entire funda as the international format are based on more overt sexual question which is not possible on a family channel like Star

We will have to wait and see what kind of juicy dirt they unravel about the celeb.s