MUMBAI: With the media industry coming a long way post-crossing two whole decades, Hindi entertainment industry's TG i.e. the Indian audience has witnessed major evolutions in specially the plot patterns of their favourite TV shows over this time span.

From introducing new genres, embracing creativity and open-mindedness, altering character sketches and developments, showcasing generation-preferences from time to time, welcoming bold-scenes and uplifting costume margins for portraying a character's personality (not applicable for historical dramas though), the expressive quotient of the media industry has become pretty flexible in these past 20-30 years.

However, a major reason why today's shows are being heavily lauded by the audience is because of the smashing of the petty, age-old and disturbing social stigmas that don't justify human rights and human's right to expression, thus, defying an individual's sense of freedom. Stigmas like boycott of widow-remarriage, name changing post-marriage, body-shaming, racism, character-shaming on the basis of individual's clothing sense and profession, hindering an individual's right to education, etc.

To cut it short, today's TV serials aim at spreading mass awareness by highlighting these meaningless and age-old stigmas which are unfortunately still imbibed in our society's grassroot cultures, in order to get them eradicated ASAP and ensure individual's empowerment.

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Now, let's take a note of the Hindi TV shows, which are subtly carrying out this noble act of awareness through their plot's showcasing:

1. Barrister Babu

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Indian social drama television series that premiered 11 February 2020 on Colors TV. It's also streamed on OTT platforms Voot and MX Player. Aurra Bhatnagar Badoni and Pravisht Mishra play the lead roles of Anirudh and Bondita.

The plot of this show revolves around the life of the young married Bengali couple - Anirudh (a young lawyer from London) and little Bondita. From highlighting issues like stopping the wedding of an eight-year-old girl with an old man to rescuing young girls from the brothel and getting them educated, the show aims to portray the character and professional development of young Bondita from a house-wife to a Barrister (lawyer), under her husband's guidance. Being setup in early 20th C Bengal presidency, the show's entire plot's theme is based on feminism.

2. Namak Issk Ka

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This Indian drama television series on Colors TV and stars Shruti Sharma, Aditya Ojha and Monalisa in the lead roles. 

Namak Issk Ka revolves around the story of an item girl named Kahani Verma who goes by the name of Chamcham Rani. Belonging to that profession, the society validates her dancer profession over her common civilian identity and bestows hatred and narrow-minded atrocities upon her. Hence, the aim of the show is to highlight Kahani's journey from an item-dancer to a self-established individual on her own terms, despite marrying a rich tycoon businessman, to earn self-respect even as a public dancer as her skill must be enough to earn her respect. She was forced to enter in this profession only to support her sustenance, not because she craves for male attention.

3. Apna Bhi Time Ayega

This Indian television drama airs on Zee TV and stars Fahman Khan and Megha Ray in the lead roles.

The plot focusses on the story of a poor girl named Rani, who is a school-topper and dreams of becoming an engineer, to fulfill her father's (Radhameer's) wish. However, due to situational crisis and helplessness, Rani turns into a servant and takes up her father's job in the royal palace. Without knowing about her credibilities, the palace's members ill-treat and misbehave with her only because she's a lower-strata personnel. By destiny's fate, she gets unofficially married to the palace's prince - Veer. The important point about this plot is that despite turning the daughter-in-law of the very palace she served as a servant, Rani is a self-dependent girl who does not like to depend on anyone to achieve her goals or to hit her mark. Also, she refuses to use her influential link to get her job done and rather prefers to fight her battle as the very commoner she used to be.

4. Molkki

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This Indian television drama series airs on Colors TV and stars Priyal Mahajan and Amar Upadhyay in the lead roles.

Going by the show's title, 'Molkki' is a so-called rural-Indian tradition, wherein poor girls are married-off to wealthy men for the exchange of money. Though forbidden, Molkki is still practiced in some remote regions of our country and this show's plot deals with this age-old sigma. A poor girl named Purvi was made a Molkki bride by her own father, only for the exchange of money. This show also highlighted on issues like rape, marriage of young girls with olderly men, rape victim's marriage with the perpetrator, etc. However, the show's female lead Purvi objects the establishment of these practices and even comes into loggerheads with her husband in her righteous pursuit.

7. Shaadi Mubarak

This Indian drama television series premiered on 24 August 2020 and airs on Star Plus, starring Rati Pandey and Manav Gohil as the lead characters.

The plot of this show initiated with a simple housewife Preeti's story, who was disowned by her own family members for not being a value-adding member in their lives. As KT (male lead) shows up in her life, it undergoes a major transformation as he helps Preeti build inner self-confidence and develop a personality of her own. With his help, she discovers the subtle cult of wedding-management in her, owing to which she goes on to be the co-owner of the wedding planning org. 'Shaadi Mubarak' along with KT. Not only that, owing to the fact's display that she has been unlucky in both love and family's support, K.T. helps fill up those voids in her life by marrying her. The showcasing of middle-aged marriage even after having grown-up kids restores an individual's faith in true love and respect.  

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Source: Internet