Review : The significance of Indian television industry

It all began from a simple channel in 'doordarshan', showing shows like 'krishi-darshan' - which emphasized on farming. Chitrhaar, was another beloved show in the early days of television and apart from these 2 popular shows, there were only a few tv-drama shows that were on-air back then. Gradually, the amount of tv shows increased and the quality of the shows reached new highs.

Indian television, especially in the last 10-12 years has seen a massive boost, in terms of the audience it has managed to attract. I write this post to emphasize on one very important point which the majority of the Indian tv shows emphasize upon i.e. women empowerment. Be it the story of a bahu-saas in Tulsi or the struggles of a girl, fighting obstacles of her life like an iron-lady, a girl who got married when she wasn't even 18 - Anandi of Balika Vadhu. Indian tv shows have reflected the strength of an Indian women.

Alongside this, Indian tv shows have also emphasized on Indian mythological stories (Mahabharata and Ramayan). I personally had very little knowledge about the stories of Mahabharata and Ramayan until I saw both the tv shows, one that is currently on-air and one that was on-air just till a couple of months back.

We've got a great mix of tv shows but the most important similarity in majority of them is that of - women empowerment. We are all aware about the power that 'media' beholds with itself. TV shows are very much a part of this media and it's very satisfying to see that they're going/persisting in the right direction, highlighting the wrong doings in the society and at the same time, highlighting the importance of empowering Indian women.

A show like Satyamev Jayate which has taken up several society issues having a host like Aamir Khan, who has a terrific fan-following and a very-generous brand-value, for a personality like him to do a show like Satyamev Jayate; no doubt attracts more viewers, which spreads these issues into a mass variety of people and this is just what we need.

It would be unfair if I leave out Indian news channels in this. 2G, 3G, Coal Scam, Aadarsh Scam - none of this would have come into people's eye if it wasn't for an honest and truth-speaking Indian media. The role of media is often under-appreciated but no one can deny the importance of an active media in a democracy.

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