Top 10 Socially Relevant Television Programs (Domestic TV)
1. Dehleez
A political courtroom drama. This saas- bahu battle it out in the courtroom.
2. Namkaran
An eight year old child out of wedlock is fighting for her identity. The handpicked cast of our best actors are challenged by the pint-sized protagonist.
3.Amma
For the first time an entire series has been devoted to a real life underworld don, a lady at that. Shabana Azmi plays Jenabai in her later life.
4. Shakti
Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki: When the protagonist’s secret is shown up as being a transgender, dramatic over turns follow. Now with acceptance, the narrative flows on.
5. Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat
Among the best epic series to air on Indian television. Ashoka, the warrior prince was brought up by his mother to advocate ahimsa.
6. Udaan
Chakor’s journey continues, as she continues to be Kamal Narayan Rajvanshi’s bete-noir.
7. Adalat
A courtroom series, each episode is a single case solved by the KD Pathak played by Ronit Roy. His co-stars are television’s best talent looking for a short break from the soap tedium.
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8. Raja, Rasoi Aur Anya Kahaniyan
It’s not just a food show, it recreates cultural history and the lost art of ethnic cooking, in heritage steeped kitchens.
9. The Great Escape
It has dramatised historic flights to freedom, The opening episode was the Dalai Lama’s escape to India.
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10. Waris
It advocates the practice of Bachcha Posh. It is move away from the city, with its rustic location and some fine performances.
In the 1960s, Bob Dylan 2016’s Nobel Laureate gave world youth an anthem ‘Times, they are a-changing…..’ That seems to hold true for Indian television at Prime Time. There is a growing change in content across channels. Where producers are encouraged to showcase drama series with a social message. Shows like Bhanvar and Adalat make their mark each season. Balika Vadhu, which concluded this year, made child brides a cocktail circuit conversation piece, was the first step Colors took in this direction.
Prime Time hasn’t witnessed realism as it has with a transgender protagonist, a child in the womb in human in bondage, the real life story of Mumbai’s first woman don, and a young girl staking her right for legitimacy.
Yes, there is fence sitting in some channels. They commission offbeat stories, but when they don’t yield the requisite TRPs, the channels hasten them to a quick end; hence scuttling a perfectly good idea.
Will 2017 consolidate the change?
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