TV sets are
famously crowded spaces. There is the cast, the crew and then there is the
swarm of media. Unlike film sets, journalists and photographers are welcome on
the shoot of all TV shows. But scribes hoping to get a dekko at Divyanka
Tripathi and Karan Patel on the sets of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein were in for a rude
shock today.
They were told
that the media has been banned from the sets of the hit TV show. TV czarina
Ekta Kapoor had decreed so.
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Why this sudden
change of mind? Turns out that Ekta was fed up with the spoilers that were
leaked by the media.
From TV channels
to entertainment websites, everybody has access to the sets where scripts lie
scattered all over the place. TV shows are recorded two days in advance and
once the media gets a clue about the storyline of the coming episode, it is
made public.
And once it’s
online, it spreads like wildfire.
A source said
that due to the onslaught of online mediums, TV shows are registering lower
TRPs and Ekta believes that the spoilers just add to the problem.
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“Ekta was famous
for her cliffhangers but now every such moment is leaked by a media report. Why
will people tune in everyday if they know in advance the twists and turns of
the story? The whole creative effort goes for a toss ,” said the source.
So if you are a
journalist you cannot meet Divyanka & co. unless you have informed them and
got permission to drop by.
Well, those poor
souls are simply doing their work but making content public without the
creator’s consent is not good for business.
That’s that!
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