Thanks a lot Tiya for making this thread.
I guess it is my tendency to fall for actors who are not only talented, good looking and good human beings, but also those who have A BRAIN of their own and are not mere puppets.
The first, who was my first crush ever (and still is) : Rajeev Khandelwal.
He quit his show KTH in the same way, unable to take the crap any more and the unnecessary butchering. In fact, he was harassed by Ekta in the same way as Sushant is being harassed.
I boycotted all Ekta shows at that time as I was extremely disgusted by her. I returned to TV viewing with Pavitra Rishta- cos it started with a P and I assumed it was not Ekta's serial- plus the original concept credit was given to someone else in the title song (Tirumathi selvam people, I guess). I came to know too late that it was Ekta's serial, but by then, I had fallen in love with the show, and with Manav.
Manav- the most lovable character Indian Tv has ever seen. He beat Sujal hollow according to me, such charm he had. And Sushant portrayed him to the hilt. He often used to talk about how Manav influenced him, and that is a sign of a person living his character.
Its not too surprising therefore that Sushant felt as helpless as we were, and as disgusted as we did, when Manav was butchered continuously.
Why should he not raise his voice? Why should he not protest? Why should he waste some of the best years of his life on this crappy serial which is going down the drain? Doesn't he have the right to think about his future and plan for it?
On the other hand...
How can Ekta ban a person, who made her show successful, and restrict him from entering the sets? Forget her professional problems, he is Ankita's BF also. How can she insult him by banning him? Wouldn't her leading lady feel uncomfortable to see her man being treated like a dog?
What right does Ekta have to humiliate and degrade every person who dares to go against her, who dares to point out that her stories are CRAP?
Ekta is the most egoistic businesswoman I've ever seen. She made a mistake when she shooed Rajeev out from KTH, anf now she's making another mistake. She had such a lovely cast, but she turned them away due to her sadistic story. And instead of learning from her mistake, she chooses to be mean and horrendous?
Clearly this woman can never change. We should all boycott all Ekta soaps and make them flop, only then will she understand that the audience should not be taken for granted.
PS: BTW boycotting Ekta soaps nowadays is not so difficult as it was in the days of Rajeev- cos now there are so few Ekta soaps 😆 in fact other than PR, I wonder which soap is actually giving TRP's to Ekta.🤢
Edited by nikitagmc - 12 years ago
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