On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: > they got the whole nation together and glued to the TV at the times they > were telecast
That had more to do with the era than the serials. No TV show today can have the pan-India grasp that any half decent show on DD had those days. Independent India has seen a dramatic increase in the intermingling of cultures in the last twenty years. Pre liberalization (80s and earlier) the only people who got to travel around India were those with jobs in the government with their frequent transfers. Anyone else was rather content to remain in their neck of the woods with good reason. Internal mobility which still remains a rather daunting affair used to be practically impossible then unless you worked for the Government. It's no surprise then that mythology was the only topic on which a successful pan-Indian serial could be based. Not only was it relevant to most viewers, it also avoided the language barrier since the story was well known to all. It does not excuse the atrocious acting, and the idiotic background scores. Cheeni
