Bidaai - end of a sapna

On 13th November a top rated show for Star Plus - Bidaai : Sapna Babul Ka - came to an end with marathon 2 hour episode. The show had been a top rated show for Star Plus and if you remember correctly, Sadhana and Ragini ( the protagonists of the show) had given Tulsi and Parvati run for their money.( ultimately shantiniketan and aggarwal house had to lock their palatial houses and shut their doors for the viewers)

The show started almost 3 years back. The show was accepted well by the emotional indian audience. Also the show was a welcomed change for the channel as well as the audience who had been feeding on decade old K series. Sadhana and Ragini became a household name. What made this show worth a watch was the simple storyline as well as identifiable characters and plot. The characters and the situations were acceptable by the audience. The screenplay was well written and each episode had enough scenes to wet the kerchief of the women audience of the country.

The show became the highest TRP grosser for Star Plus. But as time progressed, the show ran out of plot. It started taking recourse to deaths, remarriages, illegitimate child and so on. So what happened then. The TRPs fell. The show no longer remained the number one of the Hindi Speaking Market. Though the show managed to remain in top ten slot, it lost the sheen, the simplicity and emotions. It became just another show on television. And after the two leads of the show- Ranveer and Sadhana - were killed in the show, the show never regained the number one position. ( Though worth noting is the fact the both these characters were killed so that they could work on the other projects for the same production house)

The decision to end the show, in my point of view, was the best decision that the makers could take. Not because the show was no the longer number one show, but because as Ekta Kapoor had once said, its better to end a show even when it is doing well and be remembered throughout as a hit show rather than dying a death when no one is even noticing.

The show had enough high points during its run. Be its Sadhana's marriage to Alekh or Ranveer's to Ragini- all these tracks generated sky rocketing TRPs. Now its time to see if Gulal ( the new show replacing Bidaai) will manage to garner equaly high TRPs or not. Till then lets bid adieu to a show that was well made and helped Star Plus to retain its numero uno spot even after Kyunki and Kahaani were put in a box.

Adieu Bidaai......!!! I am sure people would remember the show atleast for some time to come.