Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The 'S curves' of reality TV

If I were to rate the top rescue operations ever, the one that would top the list would not be 'Operation Entebbe' or 'T20 rescuing people from Test Cricket', it would be 'The Introduction of Reality TV' saving the youth from sitting by the dinner table with their parents everyday, consuming precious prime time watching Soap after soap after soap.;)
95% of the reality shows are targeted at the youth (the 'youngistan' ;)) based on purely the insanely large number of wannabes in our country today. But every show , unless it's a mega serial has to have a saturation point at the end of its S curve. This instils a compulsive need for the makers of these shows to constantly innovate.
MTV's Roadies has been a clear winner in terms of TRPs but since the departure of the baldies, Raghu and Ragiv from MTV, the competition has opened up. This just shows how reality TV has made hosts/creative directors of these shows, 'Superheroes' also justifying Color's successful gamble to robe in the big B (Not me, the oldie;)) for BIG BOSS.
So with the understanding that innovation is the key, 'sadism rules' and youngistan love to watch and make fun of wannabes, and with loads of more doltish reality shows from 'Rakhi ka Swayamvar' to 'Splitsvilla', Bindass has come up with the 'ingenious', EMOTIONAL ATYACHAAR. The show that takes candid cameras and sting operations to a new level exposing crooked relationships and double timers. This show is a massive HIT but the problem is again, that its S curve is small, so people are going to get bored of it very soon. Roadies has been able to survive 7 seasons not only because of the baldies, but because of the fact that the show has matured, technically and psychologically. In spite of the fact that the roadies 7 auditions didn't have the original sting, the show is alive because Bumpy, the director of roadies 7 has his own style of running it.
Overall whatever be the show, no matter how asinine it is (the more asinine, the better it is) there will be an audience, provided the makers are mindful of the 'saturation point'.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Ruchika's Case ..... Next is What?


Frankly, I get affected by very few cases/scandals that make it big on the News because in most of the cases, the fault is on both the sides, with the side with a fatter wallet having the last laugh. But the Ruchika Case got me wondering....
I can't stop appreciating the press especially Times Now for their rather fiery, relentless efforts giving this case all the exposure it needed. So the court rooms have woken up and the case will hopefully take the path it should, but what next, after the case is over????
MOVIE!!!! Yes, this case is perfect movie material. I bet film makers have already started researching and penning down a script based on this. Former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore would of course make the perfect villain. It would be a classic tale of good winning over bad, right at the very end with the most electrifying court scenes which we in India relish.