Saturday, December 20, 2008
talent shows on TV...
Kudos to the various newspaper reportings... through which I came to feel the nerves of the exuberant populace preoccupied with “Indian Idol”like talent shows. Though the casual glances over different dailies have prevented me from my deliberate oblivions from such hyped programmes, I still doubt whether these programs genuinely aims to nurture young talents of the country, or it is simply feeding on sheer materialism. Do the organizers of the programme also have any long-term vision to take care of other participants who have not made it to the final? Or, they only have an intention to capitalize on the new-found love of the multitudes. There are plethoras of issues of national importance on which the conscious opinions of the masses can be similarly mobilized by properly routing their quite appreciative but seemingly yet-dormant temptations of showing sincere judgments. Nation will then certainly be poised to take-off to the new era of vibrant and participative democracy in its true spirit.
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In your post I feel there is anguish of a socialist which assumes every money generating medium despicable.
ReplyDeleteYou can't ignore the fact that these reality shows are giving opportunity to the youngsters living in obscurity till now.
After performing in these reality shows , atleast they have a chance to perform in troupe of popular singers,and parellely
it is providing employment to hundreds of people.Performers in reality show are getting a chance which was not possible in
pre-talent shows era.Yes , it's right , that we could have used this mass indoctrination of reality shows in much useful
way , but in the end these shows are a platform for performers from remote parts of India . Post-reality show you are in
a position to point out the capacity of such a mass hysteria in a positive direction.But don't forget every social
revolution (as we are watching right now in reality shows , where millions of people sms to make sure that a right
candidate win the contest) seems inane in the beginning , but in due course of time it will change every aspect of society.
Eventually the mobilisation of people through Reality show will give a sense of power in the Indian public.After this
sense of power , Indian public will finally channelise it to the betterment of country.
Dear friend,
ReplyDeleteyou are worried about the fate of the participants who have not made it to the final but I think that even the winners of these contests have failed miserably when explored on real stage and could not made big in real life.
The reason is - the intention of people organizing these shows is to reap maximum benefit and increase TRP of their channels, they don't bother about the future of the participants. They compromise at the time of judgement. The one thing they really do is, they make the contestant popular and people start knowing them. But the real purpose is lost somewhere. We can see that the winners of these shows, which should have been at singing stage are doing comedy in comedy shows and encashing their public image.