Baat kuch jami nahi

Thankfully,there is the male protagonist Shravan’s father who finds the reason his son has been “rejecting” girls because “use dekhte hi ghanti nahin baji” inexcusable.
You don’t know what to make of this show which is probably showing what’s still happening in large parts of our country in the name of an arranged match but we wish the makers had exercised a little restraint (I mean why poke fun at effeminate men or make girls go through the embarrassment in the name of prime time entertainment). It’s disgusting to say the least,especially,when you don’t show the girl being assertive or giving the groom’s mother an earful for the hard time she had to go through. Why can’t our prime time female protagonists have a strong voice? Why must they always be shown as meek lambs which everyone is happily kicking around? And it upsets,because the show comes from the Singhs.

Grievances apart,the performances are decent. Mona as Usha maami tends to get overboard with her expressions yet she brings out the ‘I-know-it-is-not-right-but-I-have-to-marry-off-my-niece’ dilemma very well. Vivek Mushran,as the sometimes helpless mama is the perfect foil to Usha. Ankita Sharma (Saanchi) is fresh and a decent actress while Barun Sobti (Shravan) is a natural. Sai Deodhar as Shravan’s bhabhi is just smiling; maybe in the forthcoming episodes,she will have a bigger role to play. And we also hope the show gets more progressive.
Verdict:
It can put girls off the idea of an arranged match forever.