A recent survey reveals that 90% of TV viewers want a change from the saas bahu serials to fast, racy serials which have a definite end.

It’s therefore time for a change. We called up some telly stars to know whether they too felt the same. Read on for their reactions.

Do you think that the time has come to end this rona-dhona on television and do more meaningful shows?

Shubhangini Atre- I agree that the rona dhona should come to an end. All this has become very monotonous and has reached to a dispersion level for us also. Television and films have a greater impact on the audience, so why not give them something meaningful? There is so much tension in people’s life that good entertaining shows will help. More over we need to change the stagnant trend on the small screen.

Ami Trivedi- I feel it has become very necessary to change the trend of rona- dhona on television. Audiences too need to change their preferences after which it becomes our duty to give them logical shows. Family dramas are good but we don’t need to focus only on tear jerkers to win the hearts of the audience. Shows like FIR and Jasuben Jayantilal…are essential these days.

Amit Verma- It will be wrong to say that we need to end this rona- dhona on screen. India is an emotional country so emotions play a vital role. We need to have variation in the shows. I may like to watch Sarabhai… but my mother likes to watch Kyunki… It’s just that we need to strike a proper balance between everything. Shows like Ramayan are coming back and also clicking with the audience. This proves that we need to have rona dhona also.

Deepa Parab- Shows like Aastitva have worked. I think it won’t be possible to produce a show without emotion. We need to bring some kind of sentiment to capture the audience and at the same time need to show the real stuff. For example, when we show a simple family living in chawl the lifestyle should be portrayed in same way. Emotions and logic should go hand in hand. At the end the story should have a moral.

Rajesh Kumar- Anythign that reaches its saturation level needs a change. This ronna-dhona stuff has survived for five years and now let other people come up with good content. This Tsunami has to get over and creative things should get a way to come up. Things are changing. There are so many new shows which have different concepts and now I feel that even actors are acting and not just crying.