Taking her unrelenting tirade against Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani to a whole new level, Manushi founder and Narendra Modi supporter Madhu Kishwar, launched yet another attack on the BJP leader, saying that the latter’s legendary TV serial, Ekta Kapoor’s “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi,” which made her a household name, was “utter rubbish.”
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“I just can’t fathom how lakhs and lakhs of people all over the country could have been glued to their television sets to watch such trash! Such rubbish was being peddled in the name of a soap opera. I have been a big fan of Ekta Kapoor and her drama, and I really really loved Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki, but I’m sorry to say, that she made a blunder of epic proportions in Kyunki, by selecting Irani for the role of Tulsi. Kahaani was far, far better and Sakshi Tanwar was pure gold. Believe you me, I’m still heartbroken and not over the fact that Bade Acche Lagte Hain has ended,” Prof Kishwar told The UnReal Times.
“Kyunki wasn’t absolute trash, though. For instance, Mihir Virani and Mandira made a very cute pair. Their chemistry was crackling and very endearing! But thanks to this stupid Tulsi, they were never meant to be! From 2006 onwards, when Gautami Kapoor essayed Tulsi’s role, she brought in some much needed grace, dignity and awe to the character. It was only then that Tulsi became more likable, in fact, almost as likable as Kahaani‘s Parvati, but soon, Smriti probably seduced them into taking her back and jinxed the whole show again!” a livid Prof Kishwar thundered. “Ekta has been a very fine producer and all that and Kahaani is a gleaming example of her prowess, but I can never forget or digest her cardinal sin of throwing away the angelic and altruistic Tulsi’s character to a person like Irani,” she added.
Prof Kishwar, who shot to fame on social media after her gutsy, open letter to The Nation’s Times Now’s editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, signed off by insisting that she could take a dose of even The Newshour every night, but just can’t help but despise Kyunki. “I might have brutally ripped Arnab apart to shreds in my open letter, but I must add that somewhere, there is some charm in the reckless manner in which he bellows at the top of his voice to stir up the much-needed madness, but I’m afraid I just can’t get myself to say the same for Irani,” Prof Kishwar said.
