Reality or Reelity ???

'And based on audience votes the contestant to be eliminated is..............is Contestant No XX'. And then follows a saga of emotions , complemented by tears and traumatic pains.... stating that they are so sad to leave the show which had become 'a part of their life'. If the plethora and pathos of K's and Saans-Bahu were not enough , the Television World is not hit by a new plague - REALITY TV...or should I call it REELITY TV... cliched dialogues, glycerined eyes, overacted emotions and millions of requests 'demanding' votes!! You can spend an entire day smsing( and wasting a lot of money ) , voting online , televoting, crying for someone's loss and still fall short of time , as the television is not short of reality shows. From acting to dancing to singing to performing to scaring you with reptiles and stunts to earning millions or to make you laugh or simply being themselves locked in house.. today's channels host a trillion reality shows.

When INDIAN IDOL hit Indian television , it seemed as a great platform for new-comers and struggling singers to be introduced to the world of entertainment. I was glad that finally there is something for the people who couldn't make it big. The thing I didnt realise or get at that moment was that , with this 'Reality TV' , people would soon give up everything else to hit the fame. In a country with is in dearth of scientists, architects and entrepreneuers , we are now producing actors, singer, bathroom singers and dancers one per gali. And if this is not enough you have the contestants bad mouthing each other and demeaning each other's efforts. Whatever happened to fair play! I mean haven't we already had enough of Bahu's and Saans's planning 'shadyantra' and 'politics' against each other , that we now need to see common man and celebrities doing the same for their co-performers?? 'Nach Baliye' a popular dance show had started off on a great note in season one with complete concentration on serious dancing and dancing alone and we saw great couples like Sachin-Supriya, Parmeet-Archana, Varun-Rajeshwari,Poonam-Manish and the likes giving some great moments.. With season two they bettered themselves with Tina-Hussain , Yash-Gauri and likes doing an awesome job... However come season 3 , and politics started to creep in making a clean dance show, nothing but a Masala Politics with Rakhi-Abhishek leaving in the end because they did not win the BALIYE award!!

Some shows like Dadagiri(on BINDAAS) already seem to be in controversy for the alleged "scripted" dialouges (as per the show contestant who got beat by the entire crew for slapping a girl!). And then there are shows like "Ticket to Bollywood" where someone need not even guess that the show is scripted....I mean either they have got the worst, highly un-professional people on the job ( including the Host!) who have no interest in acting-dancing-or talent , but just bitch and fight ....or the entire show is planned..it is upto you to decide which one is the correct option..

There are some shows which are fair enough(at least they seem to be for now...) but they are really very very few.But as it always happens that one of the lot is bad , then all is bad... if you find that one match was fixed , then you think all are fixed... Same is the case with the Reality Shows... Now all it seems is that creative writers who could not pen successful movies or serials , have found a new way to bring out their talent...the Real...sorry sorry...the Reelity show!