Idiot Box - RSkS

Television is very suitably called the Idiot Box.

So during this second consecutive week of nothingness in my daily schedule(?), I finally decided to watch some of the Idiot telecasts. There is always an experimentation related to the useless time that we have and which once resulted in invention of The Law of Gravity!

I decided to take the similar path but watching 'Rakhi Sawant ka Swayamvar' was no joke!
Who doesn't know her?
The TV serial is a killer, seriously. I have no words for the description of format, however wiki speaks :

"...a reality TV series aimed at finding her a husband, based on the traditional Hindu practice of Swayamvara."
Rakhi Ka Swayamvar (Rakhi's Search For A Life Partner)

The participants (aspiring grooms) are very well educated (most of them/appear to be) and claim to love Rakhi when they first saw her !

Rakhi's earlier public appearances were
Agnichakra (1997)
Dil Ka Sauda(1999)
Chudail No. 1 (1999)
Krantipath (1999)
Can't resist to tell that Agnichakra was a Bappi Music and which had a track - Mera Naam Action, and its sad version too :'(

Well, love at first sight is always welcomed :)

The location of the entire program of Swayamvar is Hotel Fateh Garh Palace in beautiful city of lakes, Udaipur. All 16 shortlisted participants ( from claimed 12515 applications) have been stayed here for one month and being fed for next one month, no matter they make it to the marriage ceremony or not. (I suppose them not to be attending if they are not the one :D)

Let's move ahead, the show makes the aspiring grooms to perform tasks aimed to analyze them better from a bride's point of concern.
To start with, every possible pathetic piece of useless logic is made a 'task' and the aspiring grooms are more than happy to accomplish that. A lot of energy and 'team' work is being put up in completing those tasks as some of the tasks are made to perform in a team of 2/3 (??) only to later know that they were not a basis of elimination among the participants (if it a game :P).
Elimination is done after personal interaction with everyone at some party, dinner table, garden, love letter reading etc (Initial Rounds).
Well, after a few eliminations, the trend of useless logics is continued.
The host of the show seems to be long time unemployed claiming-to-be-a-celebrity and hence eligible for the hosting. This condition of his is justified after her wife makes an entry to the hosting cum advisory committee to Rakhi in RSkS. They both appear to be laughing at you when you continue to watch the show further.. Godd this show beats Gunda, Loha and any other possible piece of existing video media in this genre... it is patheitc in composition, execution(?) and presentation!

Meanwhile, what is Rakhi doing in here upto now?
She makes frequent appearances on screen after each participant performs something and very quickly yet emotionally manages to deliver the hard learned dialogues (with close expressions!).
Some examples -
# "... jab unhone meri taraf dekhkar wo gaana gaya to aisa laga ki jaise koi mujhe pyaar se pukar raha hai, main to apne aansoo nahi rok paayi ..." [and she is actually crying!]

# "... mujhe bahut acha lag raha hai ki koi mere liye aise takleefein utha k tasks complete kar raha hai ( sad) aur kare bhi kyun na, main apna swayamvar racha rahi hu, unko itna to karna hi padega ( rakhi sawant )..."

# "... agar koi aisi boundation nahi hoti to main sabse shaadi kar leti..." [ what! you promised us to ruin only one life this way, and we allowed you to do so - NDTV Imagine]

More yet to come.

And on the other scenes, these guys trying best to prove their true love for Rakhi.
Sample these love expressions,

".. Jab maine unhe(?) pehli baar dekha tabhi se mann mein kuch hua aur muje laga ki agar koi meri zindagi ka pyaar ho sakta hai to wo Rakhi Ji (?) hi hain.."
".. Rakhi ji main bas aapse aur aapse hi pyaar karta hu ( you dont need to say that, isn't it obvious) aur mera pyaar sachha hai (cool!).."
".. Rakhi ji main aapse bas itna kehna chahta hu ki, yahan maujood sabhi log bahar se kuch aur hain aur andar se kuch aur. koi aapse pyaar nahi karta, sab jhooth bolte hain. bas love letter likhne se hi pyaar ka izhaar nahi hota ( yes we can see, it can be through verbal argument too), mujhe bas aur kuch nahi kehna hai .."

Anyways, above drama took place just after/during love letter writing/reading session.

Adding more spice to the incidents, comes the frequent over-friendly behaviour of Rakhi towards selected 2/3 guys and which lefts other looking each other's face and waiting for their turn. [Looks like either Rakhi is testing everyone against 'some'things or just making them feel at-least-i-had-a-coffee-with-her.]

Okk, I could bear upto here, but looked like NDTV has got limited viewers and they spy on everyone :(:(
Look what they did, Ba and her team of ladies ( Kyuki ...) got into the show !!!
I am running short on comparisons after Gunda and Loha (suggestions.. anyone?)
May be able to describe the onwards story sometimes later ( Part II).
There are lot of other emotional features attached to the show that I can't describe here.

The show is really pathetic and should be watched to increase your patience.
You may want to see another way of torturing people.
This is pathetic.
But, go and watch the show, its actually more than pathetic.


The show is still being aired.


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