Anjali Menon hates TV serials

Hitmaker Anjali Menon is one person who dreads to think that TV serials are a reflection of real life and that it is what audiences like to watch. "Overheard yet another argument about Malayalam television serials that ended with "Yes it may be trash, but this is what the housewife audience wants". Really?? Will any member of the housewife audience speak up please and tell them what you really feel!" she posted recently.
The filmmaker adds that she is unable to decipher how "people are so hooked on to such titanic proportions of tragedy, sorrow, torture, resentment and personal strife?" She asks, "What makes them return everyday at one time to get their dose of negativity? What is so magnetic about characters who unleash their anger, sadism and greed on those around them? What makes them powerful enough to attract viewers and advertisers alike? Why have myths been stripped to simplistic good-over-evil stories (where evil dominates 95% of the screentime!)? Where the ‘good’ is caked in so much bad makeup and bad acting that one forgets who to be scared of…"