Squeal YA No Squeal
Welcome to the era of reality TV.
The Beginning: Star walks onto set. 20 wanna-be-lucky people surround him with boxes that have cards with amounts ranging from 25 paise to 1 crore written on them. One lucky fella (Lets call him Mr.A) is 'chosen' who shall push his luck and try hard (whatever that means given the game as you shall see it unfold!!) to win one crore. Mr.A comes sits opposite the star and now has the 'difficult' task of pointing out people whose boxes he wants opened and the prize money they hold to be eliminated. Each elimination enlightening him with what amount he DOES NOT have in his box. 5 boxes down. Our Mr. A has 'bravely' managed to eliminate amounts in the range of 25 paise to 10000 Rupees. Still giving him the hope that he has the 1 crore card in his box.
Ta da ding ting..Ta da ding ting..Ta da ding ting ting..A phone call from the "bank manager". Star conveys to Mr.A that the "bank" is offering him Rs.30,000 to buy his box. He has to decide "Deal YA No Deal". If he accepts the offer, the game ends, else Mr.A has a tough job ahead of pointing out to five more people whose boxes he wants opened and carry on. He valiantly decides to soldier on and with an emphatic Thumbs Down - NO DEAL. "Hum in bank waalon se nahi darenge. Yeh offer bekar hai". So much for tv soaps and hindi films!! The elimination and the bank offer story goes on for 4 rounds (18 boxes have been opened, an by now the only amounts left are 10 Lac and 50 Lac); and each time our Mr.A (who has gone from soldier to risk taker to devotee - there was a vaishnav devi song playing!!!- , to actor hugging people who opened boxes with low amounts to STAR with everyone in the audience rooting for him). Just one box to be opened and the 'bank' "offers" him 21 Lakh. Our hero is convinced that HIS is the box that has the 50 Lakh!!! X-ray vision or what!!! He also has his wife (from the audience) solemnly saying "aap to humesha hi risk lete aaye hain aur jeete hain" (is Subhash Ghai watching!!! OR should I say GET REAL WOMAN!!!). Box opened - Its 50 Lakh in the other box. Mr.A ha to return home with 10 Lakh. Hugs all around. Everest has been scaled yet again. Boy was that difficult!! The End.
We'll deal with the greed later (Dude!! Just take the 21 lakhs and leave!!). For now, I'm just wondering what television is feeding the viewers of today and what in the world are people hosting in the name of "game shows". TRP Ratings are being gained on the basis of an emotion a viewer feels for some unknown Tom (who by the way is not gonna give you a penny of the ten lakh or 1 crore that he wins) that is keeping him glued to his sofa. The KBC's and the Jeeto Chappad Phaad Ke's at least demand that you be knowledgeable (Level of knowledge is debateable). The Ek Minutes and the Tele-Matches tested some skills (nothing much to do with intellect, but stamina, speed, skill.. for what they were worth). What in the world was the game show above testing??? The ability to raise your finger and speak???!!!! "Main Box number 2 Kholna chahoonga". Hey.. Guess what??My 6 year old cousin can manage that. And boy would I be mad if he had 50 Lakhs in the bank at age 6!!! That too for doing what Mr.A did!!
Grow up people!! Both the makers of the show and the viewers who sit through the agonising 60 minutes of what Mr. A would do if his box wasn't gonna be having a card with enough money. Stick to watching the BBC Masterminds, ESPN Sports Quiz or just watch a soap (at least the actors are making an attempt at acting).
You try making me a "deal" of the above kind. Sorry brother. I'm out!!!
The Beginning: Star walks onto set. 20 wanna-be-lucky people surround him with boxes that have cards with amounts ranging from 25 paise to 1 crore written on them. One lucky fella (Lets call him Mr.A) is 'chosen' who shall push his luck and try hard (whatever that means given the game as you shall see it unfold!!) to win one crore. Mr.A comes sits opposite the star and now has the 'difficult' task of pointing out people whose boxes he wants opened and the prize money they hold to be eliminated. Each elimination enlightening him with what amount he DOES NOT have in his box. 5 boxes down. Our Mr. A has 'bravely' managed to eliminate amounts in the range of 25 paise to 10000 Rupees. Still giving him the hope that he has the 1 crore card in his box.
Ta da ding ting..Ta da ding ting..Ta da ding ting ting..A phone call from the "bank manager". Star conveys to Mr.A that the "bank" is offering him Rs.30,000 to buy his box. He has to decide "Deal YA No Deal". If he accepts the offer, the game ends, else Mr.A has a tough job ahead of pointing out to five more people whose boxes he wants opened and carry on. He valiantly decides to soldier on and with an emphatic Thumbs Down - NO DEAL. "Hum in bank waalon se nahi darenge. Yeh offer bekar hai". So much for tv soaps and hindi films!! The elimination and the bank offer story goes on for 4 rounds (18 boxes have been opened, an by now the only amounts left are 10 Lac and 50 Lac); and each time our Mr.A (who has gone from soldier to risk taker to devotee - there was a vaishnav devi song playing!!!- , to actor hugging people who opened boxes with low amounts to STAR with everyone in the audience rooting for him). Just one box to be opened and the 'bank' "offers" him 21 Lakh. Our hero is convinced that HIS is the box that has the 50 Lakh!!! X-ray vision or what!!! He also has his wife (from the audience) solemnly saying "aap to humesha hi risk lete aaye hain aur jeete hain" (is Subhash Ghai watching!!! OR should I say GET REAL WOMAN!!!). Box opened - Its 50 Lakh in the other box. Mr.A ha to return home with 10 Lakh. Hugs all around. Everest has been scaled yet again. Boy was that difficult!! The End.
We'll deal with the greed later (Dude!! Just take the 21 lakhs and leave!!). For now, I'm just wondering what television is feeding the viewers of today and what in the world are people hosting in the name of "game shows". TRP Ratings are being gained on the basis of an emotion a viewer feels for some unknown Tom (who by the way is not gonna give you a penny of the ten lakh or 1 crore that he wins) that is keeping him glued to his sofa. The KBC's and the Jeeto Chappad Phaad Ke's at least demand that you be knowledgeable (Level of knowledge is debateable). The Ek Minutes and the Tele-Matches tested some skills (nothing much to do with intellect, but stamina, speed, skill.. for what they were worth). What in the world was the game show above testing??? The ability to raise your finger and speak???!!!! "Main Box number 2 Kholna chahoonga". Hey.. Guess what??My 6 year old cousin can manage that. And boy would I be mad if he had 50 Lakhs in the bank at age 6!!! That too for doing what Mr.A did!!
Grow up people!! Both the makers of the show and the viewers who sit through the agonising 60 minutes of what Mr. A would do if his box wasn't gonna be having a card with enough money. Stick to watching the BBC Masterminds, ESPN Sports Quiz or just watch a soap (at least the actors are making an attempt at acting).
You try making me a "deal" of the above kind. Sorry brother. I'm out!!!
posted by Anand at 7:50 AM
2 Comments:
Fantastic post. U beat me to this eh ? Had sharpened my claws after watching this particular episode, loved every skillful minute. Couldn't have put it better myself.
Completely agree with u on that one .. havent seen the show myself but ur description was vivid enough to help me decide that I dont want to watch this show ...EVER ... Great goin .. Amazing blog .. Keep writing .. more often if possible :)
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