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Ekta Kapoor’s, Kahaani…Aarushi Ki

After one of the most intense and hyped double murder India has ever seen, Ekta Kapoor (famous for making shows which just ‘work’) decided to cash in on that story. If you still don’t know what I’m talking about, you need to watch more of those annoying news channels.

Balaji Telefilms, headed by Ekta Kapoor decided to take a lesson from that murder and put that in their Indian-women orientated show ‘Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii’ (Tales of every house) The show which has been on since a long time, was gearing up for a change in its pathetically predictable storyline. However, Vandana Talwar, Dr Rajesh Talwar’s sister-in-law didn’t want this to happen, so she approached the Women and Child Welfare Minister Renuka Choudhary over the issue. Vadana said that this was literally mocking the family of their loss.

Nivedita Basu, creative head of Balaji Telefilms, said they were in no way harming anyone’s sentiments and that they just wanted a better storyline because their TRP’s were dropping.

She said, and I quote “We are saying that the characters in the planned episode in the serial concerned have no resemblance to people in the actual crime. And if it all there is any, it is purely coincidental.”

The girl who was gonna play Aarushi, in the episode “coincidentally” had a striking resemblance to her.

Why would Ekta do this? The answer is quite simple, if you have a business mind. She knows that people are interested in the case, so their viewership ratings will go up, which will get them more sponsers, which = money.

Usually I am a big democratic guy who loves all kinds of freedom, but if you saw their commercials for this particular episode you might agree with me when I say, that sensitive stuff like this should not be made into dramatic soap episodes. It’s fine if you wanna make a documentary, but making a pathetic episode on a 17 year old’s death? I’m sorry, I just don’t get it this time. You need to understand that the world isn’t literally your stage. Also, we should seriously stop with the character assassination of that poor girl, even India TV totally assassinated the character of Aarushi by telling its veiwers that she was found to be in a MMS sex scandal, when it wasn’t even true. And India TV happens to be ‘news channel’

What I’m basically trying to say is, will Ekta Kapoor like a show made on her which just might give the wrong impression of her personality after she is murdered? Probably not, so why in the world put a real life story in your pathetically reel life story when you know you’ll probably end up putting some shitty songs in it from some lame-ass romantic movie and/or the movies she has produced.

Anyhoo, the episode has been dumped and old ladies who hate their husbands, will probably be sad, because heck, this is the only entertainment they got.

[Yes, I know this is old news, but wth you expect me to post something on my birthday?]

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