Archive for the ‘Society’ Category
Hindi TV Serial – Na Aana Is Des Ladoo – The elections are near, and Sia is also expecting a baby
On August 19, 2010 in Colors, Crime, Drama, Family, Hindi Serial, Na Aana Iss Desh Ladoo, Ruthless, Saas-Bahu, Society
The scene is cast in Na Aana Is Des Ladoo. After a long period where it seemed that Sia had given up the fight, she is back in the bitter fight against Ammaji and is standing up against her in the local elections. Something that is troubling Ammaji to a large extent, since she believes that the women of the village would vote for Sia and make things difficult for her.
Raghav is providing full support to Sia in this, and standing up to his mother, something for which she blames Sia, believing that Sia has taken her son away from her. Further, Raghav was a strong person she had, and so this is causing her more problems. Attempts were made to get Raghav away from the campaign, including by attacking him and causing injuries that would prevent him for supporting Sia. However, all this does not deter Raghav and he decides to continue to stand by the side of Sia, including when aspersions were cast on her.
Sia is trying to empower the women of the village, so that they can fight the injustices being done on them, and some of this message is starting to get through to the women, in a couple of cases, women are shown as standing up to their husbands.
Further, the police presence in the village is troubling Ammaji, since the police is preventing injustice being done, and preventing people such as Joginder from causing problems and doing vote fraud. However, Ammaji has one last card up her sleeve. She goes out and claims that she would want people to vote for Sia, especially since Sia is expecting Raghav’s child, and she hopes that his action will make sure that all the menfolk will vote for Ammaji, and make them also prevent their wives from going out to vote.
Hindi TV Serial – Maan Rahe Tera Pitaah – New Serial on Sony TV – focusing on the plight of a girl trying to save her father
On June 11, 2010 in Drama, Family, Hindi Serial, Maan Rahe Tera Pitaah, Politics, Poor, Society, Sony, TV
Maan Rahe Tera Pitah is part of the new set of serials that have been launched by Sony TV in an effort to catch up with the rest of the channels in the Hindi serial space, promising to be a heavy emotional drama. The serial is about the love between a father and daughter, especially when the daughter has to hold up the pride and image of her father, and protect him from the people all around him. The serial started on June 1, 2010 and was written by Anand Vardhan & Siddharth Tewary, with direction by Rajesh Ram Singh. The serial stars the following:
Archana Taide … Anmol (the main protagonist), the daughter who struggles to maintain the pride of her father
Pramod Moutho … Durgaprasad (who lost his wife in a mining accident and is now treated as a mad man)
Varun Badola … Kaliprasad (Anmol’s chacha who is a MLA), the all powerful local MLA
The serial is set in a coal mining region of Brahmapur (Chattisgarh), where the local population depends on the coal mines, the main character of Durgaprasad lost his wife many years back in an accident at the coal mines and ever since then, the local people assume that he has lost his senses and is now mad. His daughter Anmol was very young when she lost her mother, and now that she is older, she wants to ensure that her father continues to be treated with respect, even though his family members also consider him mad. Durgaprasad wants to shut down the coal mines since they are a danger to the locals, but it is considered that he is doing so out of revenge.
Further, Anmol’s uncle and Durgaprasad’s brother Kaliprasad is the local MLA, all powerful, and who pretends to sympathize with Durgaprasad, but in reality, Kaliprasad is a hard core politician, capable of playing all the political games that they want to play.
Hindi TV Serial – Baat Hamari Pakki Hain – A new serial on Sony TV about the search for a groom
On June 10, 2010 in Baat Hamari Pakki Hain, Drama, Family, Hindi Serial, Marriage, Society, Sony, TV
The search for a groom is one of the biggest events in the life of a girl in rural and semi-urban India (now becoming less so in urban India, especially the metros). It can be humiliating for a girl to go through this hunt, especially since she is supposed to remain submissive and quiet during this entire process, and when she gets blamed for not finding an eligible groom (even though there can be many different reasons). A lot of modern girls would find the concepts shown in this serial as something that they could not accept, especially the thought of being subjected to medical tests to determine that they are fertile, being paraded in front of a series of boys, and so on.
The serial is a fairly new serial, started on Sony Entertainment Television on May 31, 2010. The story tells the story of the hunt for a groom for Sachi, whose parents are no longer alive, and she lives with her Mama and Mami (maternal uncle and aunt). The quest of her aunt is to get Sachi married off, and it seems like that this is the only quest that the household now has, and Sachi does whatever she is told to do, being a dutiful girl (no matter what the humiliation that she has to face, especially when the relationship is not happening and she gets the blame for that). The story is set in a small hill station, Mount Abu, in the state of Rajasthan.
What will happen to Sachi ? Will the quest for marriage finally result in her getting a groom ? Will Shravan be the one who will bring her a happy relationship, or is she not destined for any happiness ?
Hindi TV Serial – Na Aana Iss Des Ladoo – Has Ammaji really got transformed after learning that Amba is her own daughter
On May 29, 2010 in Drama, Family, Hindi Serial, Marriage, Na Aana Iss Desh Ladoo, Ruthless, Saas-Bahu, Society, TV, Values
Is there really a transformatation in Ammaji after she got to learn that Amba is her own daughter ? It is hard to believe that somebody as strong willed as Ammaji will not have the capacity to withstand shocks, but it would seem that the makers of the serial are trying to show that maybe she can also change over a period of time. In this case, Ammaji spent a lot of time tracking down who Amba is, what are her origins, and finally tracked down the Daima of Amba, somebody known to her. This was the same Daima to whom Ammaji had handed over Amba soon after she was born; and this was the same Daima who told Amba later about how Ammaji was her real mother and had handed her over after she was born; thus causing a huge amount of hatred to be formed in Amba against Ammaji.
Now, Ammaji has got to know about Amba, and this is causing a huge amount of emotional turmoil in her; she now understands why Amba hates her; but is there a real change of heart ? That one cannot be sure, and it is doubtful whether anyone knows. The makers of the serial can change the situation anytime, say for example, a couple of weeks later, they can show that this transformation was fake and was meant to find out all those in the household who were supportive of Amba.
For now, Ammaji is trying to be supportive of Amba to some degree, so that when Jogi comes to say something that is against Amba, Ammaji scolds him and sends him away, she tries to act more supportive of Amba; and also comes into view Amba when Amba is sleeping, with the makers of the serial showing her giving a tender look. However, by now Amba refuses to believe that Ammaji can transform in any way; and has sworn to teach the oppressed women of the household how to speak up for themselves and protect their rights; starting with Sia.
