Five Hindi television soaps that finally give men the limelight

Gone are the days when male actors had nothing substantial to contribute to a story on television soaps TV has traditionally been an actress medium and till not long ago the men before the camera were little more than props as saas and bahu squared up A slew of new shows is changing that equationTo begin with there is Aapki Nazron Ne Samjha where actor Vijayendra Kumeria plays a visually impaired photographer Hero Gayab Mode On is woven around Abhishek Nigams character who is on a quest to find his father Tera Yaar Hoon Main departing from saasbahu cliches is for a change about a father and son Amma Ke Babu Ki Baby has Karan Khanna playing a man trying to balance life between his mother and wifeThe pertinent thing here is not just that these are malecentric shows according to the lead role and maximum footage to male actors Importantly they look at life from the perspective of men quite unlike the tradition on Indian fiction televisionAapki Nazron Ne Samjha producer Sonali Jaffar says the emerging trend is just a part of the larger maxim that television stories are generally about the underdog in societyMen in Indian soaps have been behind the frontlines for a bit but in the new age telling there are shows that are revolving around them On Indian TV we accept a protagonist who is either an underdog or God In our patriarchal society usually the woman is an underdog But now the lines are blurring and men too have issues that need to be addressed she saysVijayendra also acknowledges that things have changed Earlier womencentric shows were made keeping in mind the target audience and though male actors were given importance there was not much to do From the title to the stories everything mostly revolved around the female characters other than the occasional monologues or dominating dialogues male actors had certain limitations in a show But now it has changed he saysHe adds Male actors are now getting outofthebox roles which they also enjoy as an actor At the end of the day we all are hungry for good roles we all want to prove our versatility onscreen and these days both male and female actors are being given such different roles to play onscreen I feel it has to do a lot with the stories too The audience today has become much more accepting of newer concepts they dont just want a female actor to be the saviour they want both male and female actors to be the hero of the showKaran Khanna says when he was approached for Amma Ke Babu Ki Baby he was specially told that the story would revolve around the male protagonistIt has always been said that TV is womencentric When I signed the show my producer told me that this is the first time that everything is revolving around a man The story revolves around Babu and Maa and Baby are related to it This was a show where I could show my talent he saysAbhishek Nigam of Tera Yaar Hoon Main feels not only his role but all roles must be integral to the story for a show to be engagingI feel it all boils down to the story and its not entirely about who takes the centre stage but how your character is perceived and how impactful it is he saysHere are the prominent current shows that have stories woven around a male protagonistHERO GAYAB MODE ONHero Gayab Mode OnThe story of the show revolves around Veer essayed by Abhishek Nigam who sets out on a quest to find his father His journey gets exciting because he attains a miraculous power of invisibility through a ringTERA YAAR HOON MAINSsudeep Sahir as Rajeev and Ansh Sinha as Rishabh in Tera Yaar Hoon Main Picture courtesyPRProtagonist Rajeev essayed by Ssudeep Sahir regrets not having an open and healthy relationship with his father played by Rajendra Chawla He does not want to replicate this with his son essayed by Ansh Sinha The story is based on the relationship between father and sonAAPKI NAZRON NE SAMJHAVijayendra Kumeria plays a blind man He is a visually impaired photographer and the story revolves around his strugglesAMMA KE BABU KI BABYAmma Ke Babu Ki Baby PhotoPRIn the show actor Karan Khanna plays the role of Babu The story is about him balancing life between his mother and his wifeBAALVEER RETURNSBaalveer Returns PhotoPRActor Dev Joshi who essays the role of the protagonist plays six different characters in the show Baalveers energy star is divided into six pieces and these go into the body of the six lookalikesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever