Saturday, April 27, 2019

BARC Ratings - Apr 25 - week 16

Salil's tweets

- Shows (): 1. 2. / 3. / / 4. 5.

: 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 1.3, 2.1, 1.6, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 0.8

: 0.4, 0.9, 1.1, 1.7, 1.8, 2.2, 2.1, 1.2, 0.8, 0.7

: 0.7, 0.9, 1.4, 1.0, 1.3, 1.1, 0.8, 0.7, 2.1, 0.3, 1.3, 0.6, 0.8

: 0.9, 0.9, 0.8, 0.6, 0.8, 0.7, 0.7, 0.6, 2.3, 2.2

: 0.2, 0.3, 0.9, 1.0, 0.7, 0.5, 0.4

: 0.5, 0.5, 1.5, 0.8, 0.5, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1

: 171, 139, 129, 126, 114, 77, 45

Sony still at no 2 ... well done! SP at 1 ... the gap is bigger now. None of the current shows are really worth watching ... am watching Patiala Babes and Ladies Special out of habit now, while waiting for some good shows on the OTT platforms.

Movies ... didn't watch Kalank after the bad reviews ... unfortunately Tashkent Files didn't show here. Hope it airs on one of the web platforms ... it's doing surprisingly well in theatres, despite very limited release.

No news from Sanaya ... normally silence means she is busy with something, so fingers crossed. She recently had some highlights done for a photoshoot, but we didn't get news about this from her, we got pics from the hair stylist! She's been quiet on insta too, which again usually means work of some sort. Hopefully Ghost promotions will start soon, as the movie is supposed to release in May.

Friday, April 19, 2019

BARC Ratings - 18th April, week 15

 Salil's tweets

#TVRising
- #Top5 Shows (#Week15): 1. #KumkumBhagya / #Kullfi 2. #KumkumBhagya / #Naagin3 / #TheKapilSharmaShow 3. #KasautiiZindagiiKay / #YehRishtaKKH 4. #SuperDancerChapter3 5. #TujhseHaiRaabta

#StarPlus
: #DilToHappyHaiJi 1.0, #KasautiiZindagiiKay 2.1, #Kullfi 2.3, #KrishnaChaliLondon 1.5, #YehRishtaKKH 2.1, #YehRishteyHainPyaarKe 1.8, #YeHaiMohabbatein 1.4, #Nazar 1.6, #DivyaDrishti 1.6, #TheVoiceOnStarPlus 0.7

#ZeeTV
: #RajaaBetaa 0.4, #YeTeriGalliyan 0.9, #Manmohini 1.1, #GuddanTumseNaHoPayega 1.8, #TujhseHaiRaabta 1.9, #KumkumBhagya 2.3, #KundaliBhagya 2.2, #IshqSubhanAllah 1.1, #AapkeAaJaneSe 0.7, #SRGMPLilChamps 0.6

#ColorsTV
: #Udaan 0.7, #IshqMeinMarjawan 1.0, #Shakti 1.4, #KesariNandan 1.1, #GathBandhan 1.4, #JhansiKiRani 1.1, #Roop 0.8, #Sitaara 0.6, #Naagin3 2.2, #Courtroom 0.3, #RisingStar3 1.4, #KitchenChampion 0.6, #KKKhatra 0.8

#SonyTV
: #MereSai 0.8, #VighnahartaGanesh 0.9, #ChandraguptaMaurya 0.8, #MainMaaykeChaliJaaungi 0.5, #PatialaBabes 0.8, #LadiesSpecial 0.7, #YehUnDinonKiBaatHai 0.7, #CrimePetrol 0.6, #TheKapilSharmaShow 2.2, #SuperDancerChapter3 2.0

#StarBharat
: #PyaarKePapad 0.2, #EkThiRaniEkThaRaavan 0.3, #NimkiMukhiya 0.8, #RadhaKrishn 1.1, #Musakaan 0.7, #SavdhaanIndia 0.4

#SabTV
: #TenaliRama 0.4, #Bhakharwadi 0.5, #TMKOC 1.6, #Aladdin 0.8, #JijajiChhatPerHain 0.5, #BaavleUtaavle 0.2, #MyNameIjjLakhan 0.2, #BandBajaBandhDarwaza 0.1

#AndTV
: #VikramBetaal 0.2, #ParamavatarShriKrishna 0.3, #MainBhiArdhangini 0.2, #MeriHanikarakBiwi 0.2, #BhabhiJiGharPeHain 0.7, #LaalIshq 0.2, #Daayan 0.2, #HappuKiUltanPaltan 0.6, #ShaadiKeSiyape 0.2

#TVRising
: #Week15 #StarPlus 169, #SonyTV 145, #ColorsTV 135, #ZeeTV 125, #SabTV 116, #StarBharat 77, #AndTV 47

Tellychakkar BARC India Ratings

BARC India Ratings:
The Kapil Sharma Show, Naagin 3 and Kumkum Bhagya rule the roost

Mumbai:
It's BARC time! TellyChakkar brings to you this week's ratings of your favourite shows and channels.

Star Plus is at the first position in the urban sector, followed by Sony Entertainment Television and Colors.

Dangal, Big Magid and Zee TV have the maximum viewership in the rural sector.

Impressions
Urban
Sony’s The Kapil Sharma Show 6460
Colors’ Naagin-3 6188
Zee TV’s Kumkum Bhagya 6036
STAR Plus’ Kulfi Kumar Bajewala 5953
STAR Plus’ Kasauti Zindagi Kay 5787
STAR Plus’ Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 5556
Zee TV’s Kundali Bhagya 5468
Sony's Super Dancer Chapter 3 5392
Zee TV’s Tujhse Hai Raabta 4981
Zee TV’s Guddan Tumse Naa Ho Payega 4730

Rural
Dangal’s Mahima Shanidev Ki 11748
Dangal’s Ramayan 10839
Zee TV’s Kumkum Bhagya 10626
Colors’ Naagin-3 9662
Zee TV’s Kundali Bhagya 9152
STAR Plus’ Kulfi Kumar Bajewala 8663
Zee TV’s Tujhse Hai Raabta 8583
STAR Plus’ Kasauti Zindagi Kay 8410
Sony’s The Kapil Sharma Show 8280
Zee TV’s Guddan Tumse Naa Ho Payega 8220


No comments regarding the top shows on tv ... except that TRP junta and my tastes are as usual, poles apart. Kapil is hugely popular with urban and rural viewers alike though, so am happy for him that he is getting success in his second innings. Just hope he has learned from his mistakes and won't repeat them this time around. Am also glad that while SP is top, Sony is second ... not for their fiction, but for non-fiction ... and they are soon bringing a singing show as well as KBC's next season.

Am still watching three shows ...
Patiala Babes, where Babita is starting to get her act together and get a little more street smart ... Mini is still very irritating.
Ladies Special - Megha's story is interesting ... pride goes before a fall ... and she still cannot understand her own faults at all. Ambition is very good as a driving force, but one has to carry one's people together ahead, and not lose one's humanity on the way. That's what so many people do, and that's the cause of half the problems in the world today, especially in the corporate sector, where profits are ploughed into the fat salaries of the top executives, and the lower levels remain just above the breadline. Idealistic maybe ... but it would be such a better world if salaries at the top were capped, and salaries at the lower levels were allowed to rise. Bindu continues to be too good to be true .. it's high time Amar started questioning his blind devotion to Kangana. I have a feeling he will realise his feelings for Bindu just as Kangana's father enters the picture ... as Kangana's father has already decided that if his spoiled daughter wants her new toy, she must have it. I thought Kangana was married and waiting for a divorce ... what happened to that? Prarthana Viraj are not very interesting ... hopefully Prarthana will accept Viraj's proposal soon and there will be some progress in their story. She needs to understand that Viraj was duty bound not to divulge his identity till the end of his six months internship ... not to her, not to anyone else.
Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar ke ... Meenakshi is too much a clone of Kokila ben ... the actress is really not versatile at all. Shaheer and Mishti make a cute pair ... I like the way their relationship is starting with friendship ...as is Kunal and Kuhu's. Kuhu has been toned down a lot ... the feedback must have reached the makers .. she is much more tolerable now, both actress and character.

Still need to watch Delhi Crime ... maybe this weekend.
Netflix has announced ten new Indian films to be made over the next year ... they are really increasing their Hindi content by leaps and bounds. All from indie BW makers ... some should be good.
Made in heaven season 2 is on the cards. 


Saturday, April 13, 2019

BARC ratings are back

BARC Ratings are back, but I really wonder how much relevance they have these days -especially for the urban Indian audience. Most people we meet are talking about the Indian shows on web platforms like Amazon and Netflix, including Made in Heaven, Delhi Crime ... the latter has really found a big audience ... the original case shook the country, and this series shows a different angle. I still haven't watched it but plan to as soon as I have a free weekend.

Am still watching Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke ... Kuhu has been toned down a lot and is much more tolerable ... Mishti is still very average. She is a very pretty girl, and in the last episodes, her stylist needs to be fired ...  she has made Mishti look positively ugly with loud garish makeup and a weird chunni around her neck. 

Also watching Patiala Babes ... Babita is now developing some spunk and is slowly finding her way forward without holding her daughter's hand every inch of the way. Mini still needs major toning down, she is such a brat. Hanuman Singh and Lala are cute. 


Ladies Special is going well too .. Bindu's track is predictable, but well written, it's evolving slowly and steadily and you can see how and why Amar's feelings for Bindu and Kangana are changing. Kangana becoming more and more insecure ... with good reason ... but that's only making her drive Amar away further, which she does not realise. Liked the scene with Punit, Amar and Kangana, Amar realised Kangana's insult of Punit, and for once, instead of meekly following what Kangana said, he asserted himself to make Punit feel better. Bindu's sadness about Amar's hand and his conversation with God was also nice ... wonder what she will do next. Prarthana Viraj are okay ... good thing they showed that Prarthana was already in lovewith Viraj before the truth came out ... otherwise he would be accused of stalking her when she had turned him down repeatedly. Meghna ... pride goes before a fall ... and her fall is coming ... another good track. She has driven away everyone who genuinely cares for her in her ambitions to build her 'bizness'.

Again happy to see Sony holding its own ... second only to SP. The fictions shows ruling the roost are pretty much crappy all the way through!  Sony doing well on the back of Kapil and Super Dancer ... wonder if their singing show will keep up the weekend ratings for them. 


BARC RatingsWeek 14: Naagin 3, Kullfi, and Kumkum Bhagya bag top positions



MUMBAI: We are back with the latest BARC India ratings!

Star Plus has given a tough fight to other GECs and has bagged the number one position. It is followed by Sony TV and Colors.

In rural areas, Dangal, Big Magic, and Zee TV are the most viewed channels.

Impressions

Urban

Star Plus 430733
Sony TV 367022
Colors 334984
Zee TV 328466
SAB TV 314719
Dangal 252715

Star Bharat 190938

Big Magic 157029

&TV 120712

Star Utsav 81377

Rural

Dangal 845200

Big Magic 533329

Zee TV 214038

Star Plus 193929

Colors 161313

Sony TV 133877

SAB TV 112704

Star Bharat 88920

Sony Pal 54267

Star Utsav 43534

Naagin 3 has bagged first position, followed by Kullfi Kumar Bajewala and The Kapil Sharma Show.

In rural areas, Mahima Shanidev Ki, Ramayan, and Kumkum Bhagya are at the top positions.

Impressions

Urban

1.Colors' Naagin-3 6328
2.Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya 6214
3.Star Plus' Kullfi Kumar Bajewala 6164
4.Sony TV's The Kapil Sharma Show 5805
5.Star Plus' Kasautii Zindagi Kay 5804
6.Zee TV's Kundali Bhagya  5724
7.Star Plus' Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 5683
8.Sony TV's Super Dancer Chapter-3 5407
9.SAB TV's Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah 4914
10.Zee TV's Tujhse Hai Raabta 4704
Rural

Dangal's Mahima Shanidev Ki 12056

Dangal's Ramayan 11744

Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya 10594

Colors' Naagin-3 9438

Zee TV's Kundali Bhagya 9247

Star Plus' Kulfi Kumar 8752

Star Plus' Kasauti Zindagi Kay 8215

Zee TV's Tujhse Hai Raabta 8039

Star Plus' Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 7736

Sony TV's Super Dance Chapter-3  7676

No further news on Sanaya front ... she had dinner with her Zindabad director, so season 2 must be starting to shoot soon. Also Gul responded to a fan that her show with Sanaya is very much on, but will take some time ... so fingers crossed for that one ... always hoping that it's not yet another angry young man - bubbly young girl reprise. Sanaya probably wouldn't have agreed to do a repeat Khushi ... but Gul has such a limited repertoire, that I'm not sure what else she can do! She's done Kulfi ... so hopefully she can find something else decent to copy! She's also done a supernatural nazar ... hopefully she's not planning another one on those lines! 


Saturday, April 6, 2019

OTT platforms taking off

Watched one show online recently -  Made in Heaven on Amazon Prime - written, produced and directed by Zoya Akhtar and associates. One of the writers was Reema Kagti who wrote English Vinglish. Good show, very good production values, excellent storyline ... The lead actress was decent, but I still have to find someone who can do better than San on the small screen. This girl was good in many scenes, but faltered in emotional scenes. The show as a whole was very watchable ... urban India, lifestyles of the rich and famous ... which I have to say I find easier to watch than the Mirzapur, Wasseypur kind of gang shows.

Next on my list - Delhi Crime, based on the Nirbhaya rape case ... on Netflix ... this is going to be a tough watch so I need to have a free weekend when I can go through it in one or two sittings.

On Hotstar comes another new show - Criminal Justice ... hearing good reviews of this one too.

Netflix and Amazon are eyeing the Indian market ... so we are suddenly getting a bunch of new shows. Hotstar was the leader in this market but is feeling the heat of competition, and is upping its content of new original shows ... good news for those tired of Indian tv and its regressive content which caters to the small towns and villages more than ever.

Speaking of Indian TV, a new Rajan Shahi show, a spin off of YRKKH, Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke, has just started on SP. I gave it a shot, as Rajan Shahi's shows are usually watchable, and don't have the scheming vamps and villains that most other Indian shows have. Decent start ... Shaheer Sheikh has come such a long way as an actor! He is really good now ... the best part of the show. Wish he would cut his hair though ... very distracting!!! His mother does a reprise of her Kokila ben role ... she sounds exactly the same as she did in her last show. Shaheer's FL is very pretty and a terrible actress ... why does poor Shaheer get stuck with such girls? First Erica, now Rhea. Her crying scenes are utterly cringeworthy. The girl playing Kuhu is even worse ... they need to replace the actress or tone her down as soon as possible. Shaheer's brother and naanu are good ... his maamu is played by the actor who played Rudra's chacha in RR, both character and actor are ok. Mishti's (Rhea) family is Akshara's family, all known faces and characters.

Still watching Patiala Babes and Ladies Special ... have dropped Maayke as the girl is just too dumb and is a total mamma's baby with no brain of her own. It's usually the Indian men who are like that, and I find them extremely irritating ... a girl like that is worse!

Sanaya news ... she visited Roshni Chopra's store to pick up a new wardrobe, hopefully for Ghost promotions ... and even better, she is doing a show on Zee5 with TV actors and well known designers ... San is wearing Sandeep Khosla Abu Jani, and looks simply gorgeous.



Don't know where and how to watch this, hopefully there will be some clarity soon.
Also Gul Khan confirmed to a fan on twitter that her show with San is very much on, though dates are uncertain.
And Sanaya has shot a pilot for a talk show which she will host, and chat with other tv actors.

So looks like San is back to work mode with a vengeance, and we should see a decent amount of her on screen soon.

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