The makers have gone terribly wrong with the Nach Baliye format this season. Here's why!
Nach Baliye has been one of the most loved reality shows in the running for years. While the earlier six editions were high on dance, the makers had attempted a slightly different approach with Nach Baliye 7. And after the first episode was telecast, we can say one thing for sure: the entire format has gone horribly wrong and how!
Over the years, we have seen celebrity judges and real life couples showing their manoeuvres on stage. Fun, frothy and filled with a lot of naach-gaana, the earlier editions of Nach Baliye were far more entertaining than the latest season. Being one of the most ardent fans of the show, it would be an understatement to say I was disappointed.
The opening ceremony left me angry and under whelmed. From the dances to the judges to the anchors, Nach Baliye 7 seems to have nothing working for the show. Seeming like an incomplete, haphazard mix of Bigg Boss, Fear Factor, Splitsvilla and obviously adding to it dollops of Ekta's regular saas-bahu drama, Nach Baliye 7 will leave you offended instead of being entertained.
The new format is far from being interesting or novel as well. The makers have unnecessarily made NB 7 a mish mash of various reality shows, copying several elements from each of the above mentioned reality shows. So, like a Bigg Boss, you have two houses with the contestants performing regular tasks, like Khatron Ke Khiladi. Again, like Splitsvilla, the couples are split into guys and girls and are living in separate houses. Really? Is this a couple dance show? From the look and feel of it, it comes across as a shoddy Bigg-Boss-meets-Splitsvilla-meets-Khatron-Ke-Khiladi.
And not to forget, add the Balaji melodrama to it. While one would question the presence of Chetan Bhagat as one of the judges on the show, what's more painful is to sit through his comments, which is more on the lines of a pravachan. A love guru and a philosopher, Chetan seems to have taken his literary intellect way too seriously and only leaves you irritated. What is he even doing on a dance show- that's the question you will ask before you watch the show. After the show, you will have an answer to it.
What? Well, in the rat race of TRPs, channels are battling it out for every single rating point. In a mad survival of the best, Nach Baliye 7 seems to have lost all the energy and entertainment that it was once famous for. Understandably Ekta's brainchild, the change in the format- adding a lot more drama to it (thanks to Chetan Bhagat, who tries desperately to start a feud) and bringing in some insignificant twists and turns- will not work in its favour.
Preity Zinta's bubbly charm too fails to save this almost miserable episode which was more drama and less of dance. Are the makers listening?
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