Originally Posted by hamsee

Heya Di...Nice post....

I agree...its sad waaris had to end...its sad that it wasnt really the show but also because of some politics as articles had mentioned...

Waaris was a good show with awesome potential...I agree its a different fare from what we see on tv...It had amazing actors...who gave top notch performances week after week...we sympathized with shankar..we hated his dad...we felt for gayatri...

I dont really agree that indian audiences only like the saas bahu sagas...it is true to an extent but not entirely...
I think the mind set is changing slowly...it is true that a show like kyun ki gets more trps than waaris...

but to be able to sustain a show like waaris in between all the trp game and the saas bahu shows and the female oriented shows...was a challenge..
a challenge which needed the right direction and mind set to keep a show like waaris interesting to all the audiences..i think its timing was also a draw back...

i think in the indian television we dont have a shortage of ideas or scripts...its just the direction thats missing..

a show which starts out with amazing promise gets caught up in the trp game and has to shut shop...
or if tries to keep up with the trps it changes direction and becomes a saas bahu saga..

its hard to try to be different...but i guess actors like iqbal khan still try...and succeed..but then the show ends like waaris did..which is a pity...

its hard to put the blame on one aspect...trps, ideas, prodcution houses, creatives, actors...its a cycle..which has to stop some where to show us more creative tv...

awesome post di...