Reality Bites!!!

Yes... With more and more reality shows coming up daily, it’s becoming more of a “finger pain” for sincere viewers trying to watch every channel, fiddling with the remote and “eye strain” for people like me.

Initially it was fun to watch these reality shows, not because they are interesting but a welcome deviation from the mega serials with mega mothers doing the mega crying in mega style to get the mega audience glued. There were some dance shows, good quality singing and some comedy too. But let me tell you why I’m beginning to hate these shows:

1) There are too many to remember. Try googling for list of Indian reality television series and you would get over 60 shows only in Hindi. Imagine the rest… (Actually don’t… you’re wasting time!)

2) Stardom is what matters. Finding the best jury and special guests for each show is “THE” TRP factor and absolutely no attention on the performers.

3) All talk and no performance has me a dull boy. (heard this line somewhere?) The jury and the special guests have so much to talk that the entire performance is forgotten by the end of their so called “Advice”.

4) These anchors are now totally out of words. I’m so sure there is nothing else to replenish. The “masti” factor is getting “musty” now. After each performance he/she goes:
- “that was a power-packed performance” if it happens to be energetic, or
- “that was a great performance” if it happens to be decent enough, or
- “that was a nice performance” if it totally flops.

5) Heights of sadistic behavior! They make every participant cry and trust me; the camera man gets the best close up shots and not to forget the slow motion editing when the parent is around.

What’s the Gain factor for the media?
“Estimated gross audience viewership multiplied by the performers emotional imbalance is equal to lots of money!”
(Guess they are trying to get back to the mega serial mode!)

6) Talent factor of aam admi is gone and now the stars are themselves proving a point. What point? “We celebrities are bad performers and you can see us improve in this stage”. All old celebrities (Retired Hurt?) are back, trying to fit into the current pace.

7) How real is the reality living? I’m pretty sure there are no hidden cameras around you. With camera persons around, how “real” can you be? Thank God, the roadies and splitsvilla camera persons are well within the limits.

8) Baichung Bhutia, Mohinder Amarnath and Harbhajan Singh have hung their sports shoes. Being frank, the Indian ambassadors are bad with their dancing shoes. (How can I forget Harbhajan-Mona-Ravan-Sita controversy?)

Shocking and as “REAL” as it can get. NDTV Imagine is going to launch the “BAAP” of all reality shows called Rakhi Ka Swayamvar. (Sorry, then it should be the “babe” of all reality shows because it is Rakhi Sawant!) There would be auditions across the length and breath of the country and 15 men would be selected. The selected lot would be tested on grounds of skill, personality, fitness, talent and “Compatibility” with Rakhi Sawant and any guess as to what happens finally?

Rakhi Sawant would marry the Winner!!

Reality doesn’t bite anymore… It Stings!!!