The representation of children has been a major programming theme in Tamil television channels. Television offers a wide range of budding role models.
They are positive and negative in people’s minds, especially children. It has changed the social and cultural environment. There are two characters in this serial. Bhumika and Swetha (not sure if it’s Swathi or Swetha) – Serial name ‘Oru Oorula Oru Rajakumari’.
Story
Actually, I am watching this serial with my parents. Sometimes, I watch serials, but I will stick to the humour part. We are watching this ‘particular’ serial during dinner. Then the time changed to the lunch hour. So I happened to watch it again while having food. Somehow they completed their entire show. All of a sudden this serial launched their season 2 and the time slot is new. Now it’s broadcasted in an uneven time.
Now it’s OTT Like me, there will be few children watching with their parents. They watch those serials along with their parents. They can’t grab the remote from their parents during that prime time. I watch this one because I haven’t seen my parents watching a series for the past 20 years.
Oru Oorula Oru RajaKumari
The writer in ‘Oru Oorula Oru RajaKumari’ tries to build an emotional conflict between two characters. One character wishes to exhibit superiority over the other. Swetha’s emotional state is understandable. Most of her motives seem predetermined. She is often influenced because of her maternal grandmother and mother. She acts like her mother. Swetha carries hatefulness and two elders encourage that behaviour. They even plant ideas that are unhealthy to that age girl.
Who is the audience? How do these scenes affect the audiences?
Most adults know these scenes have been prewritten. Children can’t understand those things. They get influenced by these tv programs. They are not addressing important topics of life. Instead, they instil jealousy and anger at the same age. People are unlearning and learning a few things. One among them is body shaming. But these serials teach children ‘how to body shame other people.
Children slowly exhibit bullying and body shaming. They learn these words and equip themselves in criticizing others. They accept that these kinds of qualities are good for their nature. Writers can avoid these kinds of scripts or scenes. We need a friendly and social relationship with people. The children you are teaching now are future citizens of the nation. There is no use in instilling jealousy in young children.
Solution
The screening timing can be reduced. Children who belong to the age of 15 can avoid watching serials. These serial inputs might shape their behaviour. There is no solution unless people rectify and implement it in their life.
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