Impact Of Hindi Daily Soap Opears On Society

Hindi daily soaps which are also called soap operas which are written, directed, produced and filmed, with characters played by Indians and episodes are broadcasted on Indian television.

Negative Impact

To gain TRP, Hindi soap operas show controversial unethical story lines which are not accepted in our society and many times actresses and actors have also received backlashes for portraying such characters. These ideas damage the minds of people and are becoming the main reason for divorce, sexual harassment, household fights etc. Shows on personal feuds, jealousy, family conspiracy, complex web of men and women relations and criminal fiction, teach people how to do crime and other conspiracy without any guilt or proofs. Shows basically copy these formulas, as without these traits, shows are not appealing among the masses as Indian public mainly love controversy and this is diverting our society in a different direction. People who daily watch serials are becoming impractical, getting far from reality and manipulated. Despite knowing about the negative impacts and falsity of the storyline of these soaps, people still cannot cut themselves off from it, as they are too much engrossed and occupied in it already. Soap operas can be harmful, as sometimes people copy violent behaviours. Audiences also sometimes imply negative themes from soaps into their lives and also learn about various issues like domestic violence, techniques of corruption etc.

Daily serials keeping in mind about the impact on future generations, should start introducing programs with higher level of teaching as they play important roles in our homes and culture. Parents should also monitor the kind of programs their children are watching as soap operas are often violent and show consumption of drugs, alcohol and other objectionable anti social content.

Verbal violence is most commonly shown. Soap operas also gives way for various misconceptions regarding our society. “Early love, materialism and unrealistic fantasies while laziness, irresponsibility, eroticism, violence and drug use also add to these negative effects”.

Soap operas mainly affect children as they take the plots seriously and cannot differentiate between what is true and false, it might affect their mental state and values. Our choice of soap operas must be careful as it directly affects our minds. They are emotionally stressful due to the continuous solving and resolving of tangles and complexities in relationships.

Positive Impact

Watching television is considered to be leisure activity and as soap operas are usually presented in a cheerful and entertaining way, so a positive effect is usually expectedout of them. Exciting plots and suspense keeps the audience engaged and make them think the entire day as what would happen in the next episode.

Audiences mainly love serials as it gives them a taste of unattainable, romance, fame, glamour, passion, love and hatred in their life. Although mostly in unrealistic way, it deals with our daily life problems. Characters become so dear to the audiences that they start wishing for their well being, cry and laugh along with them. Sometimes the storylines actually give us the solution to our own real life problems and also certain dialouges give us life lessons. Serials become a part of the masses’ lives so much that even if they miss out watching an episode on television, there are certain applications where people can watch them later. Daily soaps take us on a ride of emotions from anger and despair to happiness, excitement and relief. Many people watch comedy soaps for their daily dose of laughter.

Soap operas can effect our mood to a great extent. Watching daily soaps is a kind of involvement in second hand behavior, which also teaches how to behave in common social situations. Types of hindi serials watched differs from person to person. People enjoy a participatory relationship with the plots and their characters.