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Zee raises voice against new-age dowry via new show Service Wali Bahu'
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The channel will be launching yet another story of hope and inspiration,
a voice against new-age dowry. In a city like Mumbai, where a working
woman thinks of herself as a financially independent individual,
somebody else in another part of the country is looking at her as an
exploitation opportunity.
And that's exactly what the channel's latest early primetime offering brings to fore. Christened - Service Wali Bahu, the
show is produced by Village Boy Productions' Rakesh Paswan and is an
attempt to curb this unhealthy approach towards marriage by creating
awareness.
Set in the small town of Jamshedpur, the story revolves around a
career-oriented woman (Payal) who can support her in-laws with a steady
income post marriage. She's ambitious and yet has her family values
intact. Having broadened her horizons through education and learning and
managed to build meaningful career for herself, Payal has a distinct
vision about her husband and his family with whom she will spend her
entire life with.
It explores an inspiring journey of ummeed, from being a
self-driven, super achieving daughter who has always made her parents
proud to falling into a trap of a new-age dowry system where her in-laws
look to her as a steady source of family income.
With the new series, the channel makes the dead slot of 6.30 pm alive. Earlier Zee TV aired Pavitra Rishta
in this slot, which concluded its journey in October 2014. The channel
has been airing repeats since then. The new series will premiere on 23
February and will air every Monday-Saturday at 6.30 pm.
"We were constantly developing subjects for the 6.30 pm slot. We were
looking for an exciting drama and a concept that can catch the viewers'
attention very quickly. While we were developing the concept, we were
also meeting a lot of writers and producers. This is when Rakesh
narrated to us a one liner, which just clicked for our 6:30 pm slot
offering. We did not have to explain anything to the viewers, the title
played its own magic," says Zee TV programming head Namit Sharma.
Sharma feels that the story is relevant in today's time and allows the
channel for a beautiful socially relevant story telling. According to
him the USP of the show is that it delivers a message and makes a
statement about how a woman can balance work and home both, successfully
despite problems.
The makers and the channel started discussing the show almost four-five
months back. "It is a turnaround show for me," says Sharma.
He further adds that unlike other shows where Zee works with multiple
writers and collates thoughts, which takes a lot of time, in this show
the channel has worked with Paswan as the only writer, which was an
advantage. "Rakesh's strength is that he is a writer and his writing
comes very naturally. The rest falls into place quickly. Here, we are
writing it with a very clear focus about her journey, tribulations etc,"
Sharma says.
Paswan, who has worked with the channel before and delivered shows like Afsar Bitiya and Dulhan,
believes that the new series questions mindset that looks to exploit a
working woman for her ability to learn. "The differentiated concept of
the show and its treatment is aimed at making the audience sit up and
question the motivations with which people approach marriage," says
Paswan.
The show has already got a title sponsor on-board in Wagh Bakri. "We are
quite happy the way advertisers are responding to the series. Within
four days of putting the promo on-air we got a title sponsor," Sharma
informs.
The new series will be competing with original running show like Suhani Si Ek Ladki on Star Plus while other channels telecast repeats.
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