Woman oriented TV Serials are popular in India

Now, the mission of women's organizations is to improve the status of women in the country. Don't know on what basis they believe that women's status in the country is inferior. Maybe if they consult a psychiatrist, then we would officially know that they are suffering from paranoia. How will they attain it?

Apparently, the only solution, women's group is assuming to improve women's status is to show men in bad light. Till now they aren't facing any public objection for slandering all men on television. Surprising, isn't it? The increase in women-centric serials on television is mind-blowing. It deserves to be called an insane phenomenon. Stressed out working people coming home, would like to watch some refreshing and comical serials to de-stress themselves. They keep on changing channels and they only find one type of women-centric serials on all television channels all at once. If this sort of mental torture is given to a hard-core criminal, he would surely breakdown within a wee .

These women-centric serials have pretty much the same theme. Show women as better than men. Now how will they do that? They first select the target. Not the target audience. Target the part of the society that they feel should be destroyed. Men and Patriarchy. There are endless creative ideas with the writers to show men as criminals.

The latest serial, 'Betiyaan - Apni yaa parayaa dhan' is very fascinating. One family, 2-4 elder daughters and one youngest son. I know you'll have already visualized what will be shown in this serial. Yes, you'll are right. The son is shown as spoilt brat, worthless and wea in studies and drunkard. Daughters, on the other hand, Yes you guessed it right, are shown responsible, mature, hardworking, cultured, and an obedient child. There is a lead actress supposedly the eldest of all is a very scary woman. She is always on the slapping spree. Watch just one episode and you will see her slapping different men three to four times. This sort of behaviour on television is a direct encouragement and inspiration to all women that slapping a guy is fine and justified. Are they not worried that this can easily increase domestic violence on men? It seems that is exactly what they want. In the famous movie, 'Harry Potter' the girl is shown punching another boy and men's groups had objected because this sort of visual will only increase violence in women. They are quite justified in their objection.

Anti-patriarchal value serials like, 'Thodi khushi, thoda gum' is yet another classic. The head of the family, a male, is always made a scapegoat. The daughters-in-law are superwomen. They are invincible, impeccable and always right. The world would have been heaven if this was true. Anyways, the serial is doing well to crumble the patriarchy system of the society but ironically, the value system of patriarchy of protecting and providing women should still remain. Well, that is quite understandable seeing the way women usually thin . They want to have the best of both the worlds. Eat one's cake and have it too.

There are innumerable women-centric serials on air at the moment. All have the same theme with different stories. Degrade male gender so that women's status is improved. Show men as oppressors, criminals and show women as victims, innocent and potentially better than men in every respect. Women just love these serials. And men, well men are facing domestic violence which the Government does not want to recognize. Men's health has been steadily deteriorating because they are cruelly forced by their wife to watch these torturous serials everyday. Phew, now that is some nasty cruelty.

Let's see how many more such women-centric serials will come and go. The damage is already been done. Showing men as criminals and women as victims is apparently a winning formula in television serial business.

Actress Vani Tripathi, who is making her big screen debut with "Dil Se Pooch... Kidhar Jaana Hai", quit television because she had "ideological differences" on the portrayal of women on the small screen.

"The way women are portrayed in TV serials is very regressive. We have grown up in lovely families, there are disagreements and agreements but no mother kills her son," Vani, told IANS.

Vani, who recently participated in the Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit at Seoul, also disagrees with the way children are portrayed on television.

"Children are used like a commodity in advertisements. Nobody writes about children. The channels for children churn out nonsense. There is no alternative for them," said Vani, who was seen as a rich spoilt brat in Zee TV's "Choti Maa - E Anokha Bandhan".

Off screen Vani plays various roles - she is a model, an animal activist, a theatre artist, a wildlife photographer, a writer and a trained classical singer.

Earlier the actress was seen on the big screen in "Chalte Chalte" and "Inteqam - The Perfect Game" but couldn't prove herself as an eye catcher.

Now in "Dil Se Pooch...Kidhar Jaana Hai" she is hoping to highlight her acting prowess as a Muslim prostitute Aliya.

"The film is about how the socio-political situations can trample an individual's freedom. It was a very challenging role for me. I lost 13 kg for this role," said Vani.

Directed by national award winner Shrirang Dhawale, the film shows two friends separated during the Mumbai riots. And when they meet several years later - one is a prostitute and the other a cop, played by Aditya Srivastava of "CID" fame.

Aditya Said: "'Dil Se Pooch...' is a high voltage social drama about the 1993 riots. It has a dramatic script and powerful dialogues. Though it is a woman centric film, I play a rich role, as there are many dramatic situations in the film."

Both Vani and Aditya had a great experience while shooting the film.

"It was a joyous experience. As all the actors in the film are from theatre, it was challenging. Everybody was equally good and spontaneous. And with every scene, it was like you are pushing the envelope a little further," said Vani.

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