Archive for the ‘Aap Ki Antara’ Category
Hindi Serial – Aap Antara – the show ended on Feb 18, 2010 with Abhi finally realizing his mistakes
On March 03, 2010 in Aap Ki Antara, Character, Child, Hindi Serial, TV, Values, Zee
Aap Ki Anatra was a great show, since this was the first show on autism (something not normally covered on Indian television), and even though they went through a lot of drama (including adding a lot of non-autism related events such as a child born out of marriage, involvement with a criminal, deadly cancer, and so on), the show still tried its best to show what a patient suffering from autism (or what their family members have to undergo).
The show had reached an age where Antara had reached adulthood, with her autism levels at the same high. Vidya was able to control her (although both of them kept on really missing Aditya, who had died 10 years back in his battle against cancer). In this whole incident, Abhi, the son of the family had got turned off since he felt that because of Anatara, attention was never focused on him.
In the end, Abhi had come to get both Antara and Vidya out of the house, and he seemed pretty clear about this objective. Antara however kept on calling Abhi as papa, since he has exactly the same face as Aditya, and after a lot of words from different people in terms of shaming him, Abhi finally realized that he was making a mistake and finally decided that they will all live in the same house. There was an expectation that there would be something romantic happening between Antara and Billu, but that was not to be.
Children of lesser Gods find their voice via Antara and Baa Bahu aur Baby
On February 12, 2010 in Aap Ki Antara, Channels, Character, Child
Rarely in Hindi serials do we get to see characters considered by the ‘normal’ population to be ‘abnormal’ or differently able. At times they do put in an appearance either as fringe characters-the comic relief, the dark shadow hidden behind a curtain of lies. Zee TV’s Aap Ki Antara and Star Plus’ Baa Bahoo Aur Baby are two such brilliant exceptions to the given. For not only do they dare to talk about such characters and make them inhabit the normal world but also have the courage to make them central characters.
Zee TV’s Aap Ki Antara focuses on autism. Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behaviour. It affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize. Antara the lead character of the show suffers from Autism. On top of that she is the illegitimate child of her father. Her father learns of her existence only when her mother passes away. She is then brought in to her father’s house where his wife and son have a difficult time first accepting her existence and then her disease.
Aap Ki Antara – going down the sob story line again
On January 04, 2010 in Aap Ki Antara, Child, Drama, Family, Hindi Serial, TV, Zee
The life of an autistic girl with the challenges faced by her family.
Aap Ki Antara seemed to be showing positive news, with Antara and Vidya getting closer, and having a specific scene where Antara seems to be coming out of her shell. Vidya is encouraged to start her classical music and singing sessions again, and then comes a time when it is learned that Antara seems to be swaying to music as well, and in fact, the breakthrough happens when Antara starts singing at a public performance given by Vidya when Vidya is overcome by her emotions and cannot sing anymore.
However, it was too good to last, and one knew that the manufacturers of the serial would ensure that things would again start to get into tragedy and despair, and so it seemed. Just when it seemed that things would start to become normal (even though Abhishek gets troubled by Antara’s behavior a lot), things start to go downhill again. It is shown that Aditya is diagnosed with stomach cancer, and is beyond treatment. He has not yet told Vidya, but is starting to plan for when he will not there.
Aapki Antara: Antara picks up singing
On December 21, 2009 in Aap Ki Antara, Character, Child, Drama, Family, Hindi Serial, TV, Zee
The show from time to time shows the disappointments in the life of a parent, who has autistic children, along with the struggle and the hard work. However, it is also shown that autistic children have certain properties that can surprise their parents and others near them. For example, many autistic children have been known to have very good artistic abilities, and even though they cannot express themselves easily in terms of learning or being able to speak normally, these abilities can surprise.
In this case, Vidya has been feeling depressed, not able to handle Antara, and her needs. She has also been feeling a bit distant from her husband Aditya, and she gets advised by both Aditya and Dr. Vikram to take up singing again, since this used to be her passion, and also because this would be very useful for Antara. She agrees, and starts a concert, but is unable to continue since she breaks. At this time, surprisingly, Antara starts singing and completes the song.
