Originally posted by ardentold
Its a myth that indian audiences can't accept "bad girls".Remember Parveen Babi in Deewar?And Helen in all her roles.in fact on TV we have even accepted a married woman leaving her husband for another man.If the story and acting is good, we are mature enough to appreciate the characters.
What you say is true to an extent, but the silver screen and Television are two different media. TV characters make more of an impact on viewers' minds through daily telecast and make viewers identify with them. Thus the shock would be harder to take in a daily soap than in a two or three-hour movie.