Pakistani dramas get massive response on new Indian channel Zindagi

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Re: Pakistani dramas get massive response on new Indian channel Zindagi

@StrangeOne

I get dish tv so I can see how heavily they’re promoting the channel. I wonder how audiences will take rapidly changing shows every month. And a lot of the praise is for having non saas bahu dramas but we have so many of them. A person can’t change the channel without seeing at least one person get a face full of thapar. Yikes!

And a lot of what we know about India is from media content and in comparison Indians don’t know enough. On my trip to India I was asked about whether we have elephants, do we eat daal too, am I allowed to wear the clothes I’m wearing in Pakistan as well, how is the education system. At least these shows will answer the basic questions.

Those questions are hilarious. I am Indian and have Pakistani friends so i know the basics. I agree Indians do not know much about Pakistan and Pakistanis know more from Bollywood etc. I’ve heard from other Indians that there are lot of billboards in main cities advertising the channel and quite a bit was spent on it. they did do a tester of the shows and the audiences loved them. My parents were surprised when we started watching humtv, as part of our package, to see bollywood songs/references to bollywood. Then they noticed the similarities in behaviour, dress and food. Then they were like we have so much shared culture and achi baat hai that we learn good things from each other. They have started using Urdu words also. They know i have pakistani friends so they say you can translate for us agar kuch samajh nahi aaye. I like how pakistani dramas are more subtle about the saas-bahu stuff..and they don’t do zoom ins and scary music when the saas comes by. I really hope in the subcontinent we have shows with positive saas-bahu examples. That would be more reassuring.

Apart from those questions i hope you had a good experience in India and everyone was friendly in interactions.
waise in pakistan ive heard from a friend that cycle rickshaws are not as common but autorickshaws are.
also, i always wondered in Pakistani cities do you have animals like monkeys, peacocks, cows etc freely roaming the streets? From what ive seen Pakistani streets look so much less chaotic and better managed.