Caustic reality turns towards spirituality
Remember Abhijeet Sawant? Sandeep Acharya? Debojit? Ye
s… the same names that took the nation by storm and vanished just as fast. It was only a month ago that the sixth edition of the American Idol crowned its winner Jordin Sparks, and considering how her debut album is rising up the charts, one can easily predict her high flying career ahead! In fact, most of the winners – and even participants – of the talent shows abroad have become successful in their respective fields but the same cannot be said about their Indian counterparts. Only a chosen few like Sarwar Ahuja and Aditi Sharma, the winners of the first Zee Cine Stars Ki Khoj made it to the doors of success. Actor Archana Puran Singh, who is currently judging the comedy show Comedy Circus, opines, “The basic difference between the talent shows abroad and those in India is that transparency is evident in the former while the shows here lack credibility, especially if you consider the almost-dramatised quarrels between the judges or between the contestants!” While the theatrical skills of the judges, when they lash out at each other, and behind-the-scenes back biting of the contestants makes the TRPs reach unprecedented heights, the hunt for talent seems to take a back seat. Says Archana, “People are losing interest in such reality shows because the judges’ zabardasti ke fights have become a regular feature in almost all of them!”
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
Remember Abhijeet Sawant? Sandeep Acharya? Debojit? Ye
s… the same names that took the nation by storm and vanished just as fast. It was only a month ago that the sixth edition of the American Idol crowned its winner Jordin Sparks, and considering how her debut album is rising up the charts, one can easily predict her high flying career ahead! In fact, most of the winners – and even participants – of the talent shows abroad have become successful in their respective fields but the same cannot be said about their Indian counterparts. Only a chosen few like Sarwar Ahuja and Aditi Sharma, the winners of the first Zee Cine Stars Ki Khoj made it to the doors of success. Actor Archana Puran Singh, who is currently judging the comedy show Comedy Circus, opines, “The basic difference between the talent shows abroad and those in India is that transparency is evident in the former while the shows here lack credibility, especially if you consider the almost-dramatised quarrels between the judges or between the contestants!” While the theatrical skills of the judges, when they lash out at each other, and behind-the-scenes back biting of the contestants makes the TRPs reach unprecedented heights, the hunt for talent seems to take a back seat. Says Archana, “People are losing interest in such reality shows because the judges’ zabardasti ke fights have become a regular feature in almost all of them!”For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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