Saas bahu still sells on TV, and there is no doubt about it!! Creatives keep churning interesting saas-bahu sagas which speak of the tyrannical behaviour of the saas and their demure bahus. Sony TV’s <em>Chhanchan</em> (Optimystix) speaks about the to-be-modern bride Chhanchhan (Sanaya Irani) who will boldly oppose her irate and orthodox saas Uma Ben Borasagar (Supriya Pathak) whenever she does something wrong.

Dollar dreams and the fixation to net an NRI groom plagues the whole of India and that includes rural India too. <em><a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/colors-issues-media-statement-pertaining-controversy-over-title-its-new-show-gurbani-opts-name>Bani – Ishq da Kalma</a></em> (Mystic Entertainment and Colosceum Media) is based on the stories of some 30,000 Indian brides who have been forsaken by their NRI husbands.

<a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/ekta-kapoors-eerie-weekends-life-ok>Ekta Kapoor</a> (Balaji Telefilms) nicely blended supernaturalism and reality in the first story of the eight part series of Life OK’s <em><a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/slideshow/launch-life-oks-ek-thhi-naayka>Ek Thhi Naayka</a></em>. The first episode primarily conveyed the positive social message that if anyone resorts to evil black magic to gain good luck and benefit, then their family members should take a firm stand against the act and even duly report it to the police if necessary.

Saraswatichandra hit the screens last night amidst lot of expectations and hullaballoo. And why not? After all… it is ”THE” Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ambitious plunge in the world of Indian television. Now, SLB is known for making movies which are grand in scale and canvas. He is someone who would not shy away from holding a paintbrush to add a touch or two to add extra finesse to a piece of Michelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci.

Most people have average looks.Despite this the male and female protagonists of TV shows are generally very good looking. Madhav, the male protagonist of <em>Dil Ki Nazar Se – Khoobsurat</em> has plain looks for a change. It’s indeed a positive trend that the average looking central character is gradually gaining predominance on Indian television.

Life OK’s newly launched show <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/savitri-modern-remake-savitri-and-satyavan-go-air-life-ok-tonight>Savitri</a> (Flying Turtle Films) beautifully blends ancient and modern India, by juxtaposing scenes of both the ages. The valiant Princess Damayanti is reincarnated as Savitri (Ridhi Dogra) in the 1990 decade in Kolkata and has vowed to try her level best to be with her soul mate Satya (Yash Pandit) who was Senapati Veer in his previous birth. Both of them are pitted against the Devil incarnate Rahukaal (Krip Suri).

Indian television is evolving. There was a time when viewers wanted to see demure traditional heroines on TV sans Westernisation. However it seems that the trend has changed now and viewers like to see female protagonists having an East-West blend. <em>Ghar Aaja Pardesi </em> (Sai Baba Telefilms) on Sahara One aims at merging the two poles of Westernisation and traditional Indianisation.

This is yet another serial which deals with family values, challenges and the lead hero’s life journey and everything in between…only this time it works. Yes, we are talking about Colors’ latest tango with the soap world, <em>Sanskaar Dharohar Apnon Ki</em> which kissed small screens yesterday (14 January 2013). The show is produced by Anahita Productions and Cinemantra.

Channel V’s The Serial which is co produced by Vikas Gupta’s Lost Boy Productions and Balaji Telefilms (ALT Entertainment) went on air yesterday (26 November 2012). The promos did catch a lot of attention and expectation level touched sky high. And why not? After all, television industry’s big and renowned faces were to be seen at their candid best. Who are we talking about? Well…Karan Kundra, Soumya Seth, Sara Khan, Vikrant Massey, Pooja Gor, Raj Singh Arora, amongst others.

All started with reports of a certain Gauri Bhonsle, a girl from London being missing. Hoardings all over the city of Mumbai aroused curiosity amongst the lay man, but the thought of this being a promotional campaign for a television show never crossed the minds of people who saw it. Going by this, we have to say that the channel and makers did succeed in raising awareness about Gauri Bhonsle, even before the serial began…