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Sony's 'Bigg Boss' raising
eyebrows
By Arpana,
New Delhi, Nov 18 Hidden cameras follow well-known personalities
living together, doing their own thing and making comments - not
always charitable - about others. Welcome to Sony TV's
reality show "Bigg Boss", which, already in its second
week, is raising plenty of eyebrows.
Modelled on Endemol's reality-soap "Big Brother", "Bigg Boss"
raises many moral questions. The show shows the other side of
celebrities, which is not a bad idea. But the
fact is that with several cameras following them round the clock
in a house, there are chances the show could enter a grey area.
It has everything to keep the audience hooked - suspense, drama
and catty comments. Thirteen people from different walks of life
are put together into a house erected in Kazarat Studio, about
300 km away from Mumbai. Nitin Desai, who made the sets for
Sanjay Leela Bhanslai's "Devdas", has designed it.
The conflicts and ego clashes of the participants are giving
away their true nature..
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"The participants know there is are cameras everywhere and the
contract clearly states that they will be responsible for the
language they use on the show and their conduct. They can't get
away by saying, 'we didn't know'," a Sony source told IANS.
But it seems that in their quest to outdo each other the
participants are ignoring the normal rules of decency.
That made one college student, Janani, say: "I don't feel there
is a need for such a show. It promotes bitching, it's hardly
entertaining and a waste of time. Why would I care whether
celebrities get along or not?"
Every week, one person unable to cope with the situation will be
eliminated. The lone survivor at the end of three months will go
on to win the Rs.5 million prize money.
"We're certainly not advocating a peep show here," the channel's
creative head Sandeep Sickand clarified recently.
"We're will capture the contestants doing normal things, in the
beautiful house that we've specially built for 'Bigg Boss' with
a swimming pool, et al in Karjat. Of course, the
contestants are excited. But no sex! They'll do normal things
like play games, cook food and etc," Sickand said.
The show - Monday to Friday 10-11 p.m. - features unusual scenes
like model Carol Gracias kneading dough, item girl Rakhi Sawant
playing chess with Bobby Darling, and a cow making an appearance
at the Karjat house.
After the unending saas-bahu sagas such as "Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki"
and "Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi", audiences are eager to view
reality shows. And channels have come up with increasingly
outrageous ideas to cash in on the trend.
Sony's dance show "Jhalak Dikhla Jaa" boosted its TRPs because
it was thoroughly entertaining and was certainly for family
viewing.
On the other hand, STAR is reaping the benefits of a feel good
dance show "Nach Baliye 2" - where celebrity couples show their
dancing skills.
Zee's "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" music contest has had many formats - and
most of them were very popular.
MTV is doing "Roadies" - in which youngsters from different
parts of the country are put together for a long journey. As it
is a tougher reality show, it has the participants
involved in quarrels, confrontations and catty comments.
The trend of reality TV started more than a decade ago with Zee
TV's "Antakshari" 1993 and later STAR carried it forward with "Kaun
Banega Crorepati" with Amitabh Bachchan as host. The latter's
phenomenal success encouraged Sony to format "Indian Idol",
which also had an exceptional viewer rating. However, not all
reality shows have been successful.
For instance, Zee's "Deal Ya No Deal" and "Business Baazigar"
failed to bring the desired results. Similar has been the case
with Sony's "Fear Factor India", in which celebrities had to
conquer their fear of reptiles by actually sharing time with
them in a glass box. STAR One's "Lakme Fashion House" got a
lukewarm response.
With "Bigg Boss" venturing into dangerous zones, the audience
has now to worry about the moral implications and decide whether
they want it at all.
IANS
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