People in Maharashtra seem to have lost interest in cricket, ever since the retirement of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar from Cricket. This is at least true in the case of women folks, who take no interest in watching cricket on television now days. Few years ago, there used to be discussions among young and middle aged women, during the World Cup Cricket. But, now we hardly hear anyone gossiping in trains, buses and public places about cricket. Instead, ladies still continue to speak about their favourite serials and TV artistes.
Even otherwise, with so many new teams and no competition noticed from them, watching these cricket matches, that too eight hours continuously during the daytime on television, is not possible for even cricket lovers today.
There is hardly anyone talk about their favourite Janhavi in ‘Honar Suun Mi Hya Gharchi’ , Even if somebody speaks, it is about her changed attitude. Even Meghana of ‘Julun Yeti Reshimgathi’ doesn’t seem to interest the regular viewers. Their favourite today is Aditi played by Suruchi Adarkar. It is her character, which inspires young and old today. Is that not enough hint for others to either say good bye or bring in some positive change in the story ? Simply dragging the serial for too long, is like taking the viewers for granted.
Recently, on the occasion of World Marathi day, we saw writer Aruna Joglekar and actress Rohini Hattangadi, speaking on the topic of ‘Woman in Marathi Serials’ . And, they too hinted that the viewers should not be taken for granted. “Creativity is lost, if there is interference from marketing team of the serial,” was the opinion of film maker Virraj Raje; while one Marathi film Journalist openly stated that the woman characters in the Marathi serials were utterly unrealistic . Is this not enough, for our makers of Marathi serials?
During the past week, we saw the return of Shivani Surve through a new serial ‘Tu Jivala Guntavave’ on Star Pravah at prime time. But, this serial has failed to capture the desired attention of viewers. Perhaps the selection of lead actor Prasad opposite Shivani, doesn’t match well with her, as he had earlier played a villain, in previous serial. Also, Apoorva , who plays the sister in law of the hero in this serial, had played leading lady in previous serial. In short, the casting in this serial is not very appealing. Even the story of this serial is not very gripping at this initial stage. It all remains to be seen, how it progresses further. Hope it does well, as we would like to see something different from Shivani, this time.

In the meanwhile, we are watching most of the serials getting ready to catch up with the festival of colours. So, you will notice all these serials celebrating the festival.