10 th anniversary of our beloved serial kis desh.
A serial which brought new flavor of romance on Indian tv.
It succeeded a legendary tv show Kasutii, another great romantic tv series.
Many people were doubtful about whether Kis desh could become a worthy successor of Kasutii.
Even Balaji and star plus were not expecting a good trp at the beigning. They did not promote this show greatly. Even the male lead was not fixed when the serial started and the female lead was new.
2008 was the year when tv was entering an another phase, after long dominance of Ekta, her shows were losing trp one by one. Kis desh was literally swimming against the tide.
However, kis desh emerged as a winner. Several times it got more trp than Bidai which was very impressive for following reasons
1. It was not a saas bahu drama, it was based on a young couple , therefore getting high trp was impressive.
2. Star plus promote Biddai like crazy, Kis desh gets decent advertising from sp but no where near of Biddai. Actually 2008 was the year when relationship between Balaji and Sp had become bitter. I think kis desh promotion, advertisment, and later story line suffered due to ego clash between sp and Balaji.
Despite all of these constrains kis desh had become popular.
The jodi of Prem and Heer had become youth sensation, their innocence and chemistry had touched millions of hearts. Their love story were simple yet very beautiful. The show had shown that how love can create bond between two loving souls.
I don't know about others but for me Kis desh will be always a path breaking show of Indian tv. A story of two eternal lovers. Kis desh only run for two years but it achieved a place in our heart forever. Many shows run for 4-5 year, but once the show go off air, people don't remember them.
Kis desh had left many moments which will keep this serial in the mind of its viewers for long years. Sometimes I feel sad when some people in the media forget to mention contribution of Kis Desh to Balaji telefilms and Star Plus.
Balaji would have face significant financial loss if there was no kis desh. From May 2008 to June 2009 kis desh was the only hit serial of Balaji. But, Balaji did not treat the show and its fan well. Consistant change of cv, ruining male lead character, turning an iconic mother figure of Indian tv to a grade B villain, killing Preet.
Star plus also had shown step motherly attitude to this serial by not promoting it. Actually they were egar to cut all ties with Ekta.
Their decision to change time slot for kis desh was a death sentence for this series. Kis desh was still in top 10 when they decided to change time slot.
Star plus's hunger and greed were appalling. Today therefore I found pleasure at their fourth place in trp chart.
Whenever I think about these things I feel sad. Kis Desh had potentials to even more if they had gotten full support of Balaji, and Star plus.
However kis desh still very special for me.
It gave us Harshiti in the form of Prem -Heer. The turning point of Harshad's career, who is still rocking Indian tv.
Additi was totally new when the show start, now she is doing wonders in tv.
It give us Sushant and Meher who are now rocking bollywood.
Harshad, Additi,Sushant, Meher still remember Kis desh fondly as they all have dil ka rishta with this tv series.
We fan also fondly remember kis desh, here even after 8 years of show going off air our kis desh forum is still alive and kicking.
I think it is a record itself.
I hope this kis desh forum will remain alive in next ten years also.
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