Kumkum Bhagya as Adarai Man Adarai on Hiru TV.

Pragya

So this is the latest Indian drama to enter into Sri Lanka shores and I am going to be critical. I personally think we as Sri Lankans should promote our own things than bring stuff down. How the hell is our culture to be promoted if we just bring down stuff and dish it out? Hiru Tv the all new sensation who boasts of being different is no different from Sirasa Tv. Two new Indian dramas are to be shown on Hiru and I think it has the highest number of Indian shows that are shown together in one channel at one go. Dear Hiru TV if you are reading thins please note that this is not good media. If you cannot afford to show new Sri Lankan dramas then don’t dish out rubbish to Sri Lankan audiences.

What is there to be shown on these Indian dramas? We all saw what happened on Yhm or Me Adarayai. It was just rubbish. These dramas are usually the same and have similar plotlines – hate, love, marriage, rape, sex, and break up, fights, divorce and crap like these. They are plot less and directionless with nothing much in it. I would advice all my viewers to keep away from these kinds of Indian dramas.

Bulbul the sister

So let’s get to what this new drama is about.

Kumkum Bhagya is a Ekta Kapoor drama (she also does YHM) and is shown currently on Zee Tv. I have watched this drama and personally thing is just a waste of time. As all Indian dramas (or should I say Ekta dramas) this drama also is just completely melodramatic and a waste of time. The beginning of the drama was very promising and just like Me Adarayai it was a fun ride but then the plot became increasingly dumb. By dumb I mean draggy, directionless and unrealistic. I have to point out that some of the romance scenes were also unrealistic and perfectly dumb (let alone cute). This drama has a rape, pregnancy, jealousy and all the stereotypical “Indian drama stuff”.

The main character in this drama is Pragya. She is a modern woman and sweet and talented or in other words the dream daughter in law for a typical Indian mother in law. She is the one to be married off in the first episode of the drama. She comes from a middle class family and her mother owns a wedding hall and her sister is way prettier than her.

Abhi is a famous rock star and he pretty much has everything in his life other than love. Pragya’s sister Bulbul is love with him. He is a cute guy and he can get very romantic at times.

The first episode is the marriage of Pragya and a man whom she thinks she is in love with. However the to be mother in law wants the wedding hall as a dowry (rings a bell?). Anyhow Pragya does not like this idea and also she is disturbed by the fact that the groom’s family likes Bulbul more than her. So the wedding is off.

There is also this professor like guy who really loves Pragya but is unable to tell her so (still doesn’t ring a bell?) Overall what happened in YHM aka Me Adarayai will happen in Kumkum Bhagya. It will start off well but end up being horrible and worthless.

Yes, this is the drama which Dedunnai Adare stole their plot from. So these two dramas have very similar plots but guys I think it will not be a perfect copy. I think in our story these will be less melodrama, less crap and less worthless draggy scenes. In Kumkum Bhagya its Pragya who marries Abhi but I think in our drama Ishi will marry Danush (I feel it in my bonesJ )

So my overall warning is get ready for a whole lot of crap. If you want a better drama which is better structured then I think all of you guys should watch Dedunnai Adare. However I have to warn Hiru Tv that if they are going to ignore what the audience really want (good, well spent Sri Lankan dramas) then we can easily choose the channels which cater our needs. Not every day can you throw money around and bring in popularity (If you watch Hiru you are given money). Audiences will obviously turn to channels which show good Sri Lankan dramas which are well grounded in our proud 2500+ years of culture.

This drama will most probably be shown on the weekday’s 7.30 pm time slot as a new historical drama is to be shown on the weekday 9.00 pm time slot.