And I Thought The South Had Better Taste

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Confused

But no, Ekta Kapoor has ruined them too!

But one statement makes me very curious,

 Our serials for the southern market are far more dramatic than their Hindi counterparts.[link]

In the name of sweet Jesus, someone tell me, how can anything possibly be more dramatic than Kyonki Saas bhi kabhi Bahu thi?

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13 Responses

  1. BongoP'o'ndit, on April 26th, 2007 at 9:47 am Said:

    I Thought The South Had Better Taste

    Now its you who is stroking the north-south debate flame ;-)

  2. jyothsnay, on April 26th, 2007 at 10:11 am Said:

    @ tut tut…are not you preparing for exams?

    @Now at this Youthful Mother Goose of TV serials and her attempt to be a great leveller…we dravidian women have to rage a battle against this foreign invader
    I am not much ardent a viewer of serials on the idiot box, but certainly would love to say TV serials in south portray woman as a more progressive minded, opinionated (not so much crammed with machinations, not so schematic) individual..certainly not a doormat that spreads herself thin over there! I especially admire a few works from Radha (the leading lady of yesterdays), n we have Revathi, the gorgeous woman who redefines elegance Shobana n all thsoe glam dolls from my state AP, anyway, are good for nothing…overall (correct me, I may be wrong to some extent), TV serials from south address certain social issues, the changing mindset of woman (the evolving woman) etc, not much of that “family garbage n family politics” Ms Lumba Tilak spews out most times…

    Now the ‘drama” value: my hypothesis:
    (to be portrayed in this woman’s serials)
    could be from the view point that south indian women are well endowed, bomb shells n blessed with ample grey matter
    could be – south indian woman belongs to “arduously buxom/voluptuous” brigade, “a bit of elegant leap of breasts”.you see, Plump heroes and heroines reflect prosperity in life.
    could be – the curves tantalise men n trigger off many a convoluted journeys of life

    or..since we are looking at more a progressive minded society,south, Ms Lumba Tilak may try her hand in “homosexuality and bisexuality viewpoints”….

  3. shadows, on April 26th, 2007 at 11:20 am Said:

    >> In the name of sweet Jesus

    I thought you were an atheist. :)

  4. Barbarindian, on April 26th, 2007 at 11:31 am Said:

    http://broadband.indiatimes.com/videoshow/1958667.cms

    Clearly Shilpa’s fault. Look at the confusion that prevails initially. Gere stands there, confused. Shilpa practically drags him to the stage. Even after that Gere is unsure what to do, Shilpa is perhaps attempting an opportune photo-op.

    This triggers something in Gere, look how suddenly he grabs her and tries a lip to lip.

  5. jyothsnay, on April 26th, 2007 at 11:38 am Said:

    I thought as much..Barb will drag his heart-shilpbeat here as well!
    Gere looks outstandingly ravishing with our electrifying beauty Ms Roberts…Shilpa cant be blamed for this move, …
    O innocent victims of Cupid,
    Remember this terse little verse:
    To let a fool kiss you is stupid,
    To let a kiss fool you is worse…blame the guy with a broken arrow…

  6. P K Tully, on April 26th, 2007 at 1:01 pm Said:

    Dear Sir,

    Please stop creating a division between North & South. This is as heinous crime as blending cute puppies for your drink.

    Regards

    P K Tully

  7. jyothsnay, on April 26th, 2007 at 2:28 pm Said:

    Peeke (PK) Tully (got sloshed)
    *
    Cow-belt Hindi….

  8. Contrarian, on April 26th, 2007 at 3:17 pm Said:

    @Bongo, when it comes to NEWS we need both N and S, but then it leaves just an EW .. EEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW sad one I guess

    @jyo .. blah blah blah .. blah blah .. Unfortunately whenever I end up surfing channels in a hotel room, all I see on South Indian channels are those thunder thighs and bursting at seams kind of “endowments”, can we “put” a “call” option on them or just play in “forwards” with those so called “progressive” women?

    @Barb, two minutes of fame can bag you a million dollar contract if not any party ticket at least ..

    @Dear PKT .. a GPL for you .. with best regards ..

  9. Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnathnath Shastri, on April 26th, 2007 at 3:24 pm Said:

    Hmm cow belt , now let us see.

    If someone were to use “M” word (which one of Rohit’s coblogger did use) then fit will hit the shan, but one can use bigoted term like cow belt without likelihood of any condemnation or even reproof.
    Just like in US saying “N” word will lose you your job while using epithets like Redneck or whitetrash will in all probability get you a some award or atleast tenure.
    And while “piss christ” and “dung mary” are epitome of modern arts to be funded by tax payer, Prophet cartoons are matter of sensitivity

    Ahh well some animals ARE more equal than others…..

  10. Barbarindian, on April 26th, 2007 at 5:21 pm Said:

    Panditji namaskar.

    Please comment more often.

  11. Vivek Kumar, on April 27th, 2007 at 2:59 am Said:

    @Pandit GaVMOS: Well said :)

  12. jyothsnay, on April 27th, 2007 at 5:23 am Said:

    ’Pujjaye Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnathnath Shastri

    aap itna kadwa sabdh ise *Chupke Chupke” kaise kah sakte hai? hamare taraf se be ek namaskar….I do second Barb’s request!

    ’Sahab aap nimnagaman karenge ya mein unko urdhwagaman karne ke liye kahun…”

  13. Entertaining Mom, on April 28th, 2007 at 7:45 pm Said:

    [...] blogs to avoid falling out of the loop :) Bongo is defecting to Oz Land, Rohit is quoting and commenting, Piker is purportedly busy but not too busy to guest blog on two separate blogs, [...]

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