Pati, patni aur TV

by **Gayathri** 18/12/2009, 4:36 pm

Idiot Box will show how the Indian male suffers on account of the saas-bahu soaps

By Vickey Lalwani
Posted On Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 01:55:24 AM

S
B Singh heard the alarm bells ringing when he noticed that his wife
preferred television soaps over him. Ekta Kapoor's string of K-serials
and their clones had the women in Singh's family glued to the
television.

This is when Singh, owner of a sweetmeat chain,
decided to make a film to show how his personal life was affected by
the saas-bahu sagas. He said, "My friends have also gone through a
similar ordeal. My film will speak for them." The film has been
appropriately titled Idiot Box.

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Talking about his experience, Singh said, "I usually get home by 8.30
pm after work. But my wife remains glued to the TV till 10.30 pm. I
told her to watch the reruns in the afternoon. But she uses the
afternoons to take a nap." Singh, who lives
in a joint family, faced this problem with all the women in his
household. "But nobody seemed to listen," he added. To add to his woes,
they kept talking about the storylines and the characters in those
shows.

Singh decided to retaliate. "I started returning late,"
he said. "I went out with my friends. My wife questioned me and I
clearly told her about my problem. Agar woh 11 tak TV dekhegi, toh main
ghar pe aake kya karoon?"

Singh and his wife discussed
the issue. He said, "She accepted that she was wrong. But there are
many such couples, who haven't resolved their differences. I don't have
anything against television producers or their content. I simply don't
want anybody to see television at the cost of their personal life."

Idiot
Box has a character that has been inspired by Ekta Kapoor, who is
called Anekta. Newcomer Jyoti Gauba will play that role. Singh added,
"The film's director, Sunando Mitra, used to work with Balaji Telefilms
earlier. He gave me a lot of insight into Balaji. It became easy for
Jyoti to adopt Ekta's looks, style and mannerisms."