It is raining controversies with Bigg Boss 3 upon us.
It is raining controversies with Bigg Boss 3 upon us. Angry men like KRK are being booted out, bottles are being hurled at each other by adults and someone or the other is pulling down Raju Srivastava's shorts, a clueless German girl is cavorting amongst her Hindi-speaking housemates, what to do?
Reality television is like this, only. Having said that, one wonders if any of these reality show scriptwriters, have ever thought of a reality show on fitness.
With gymnasiums becoming part of the new urbanscape, pumping iron, working out and six-pack abs part of our consciousness, the time has come to explore the new body temple on reality television.
The CNN Discovery and Travel channel is doing reruns of Jackie Warner's Workout, a US-based reality fitness show.
Jackie is a fitness trainer with killer abs, glossy lips and gelled hair. She is an out lesbian and has her turbulent relationships and work life under scrutiny as the camera catches Jackie who realises hi-octane; lung-bursting workouts are easier than juggling romantic relationships.
While India airs old episodes, this is a hit television show plenty of drama, controversy, romance, glamour, sexual politics and beautiful bodies culminating in soaring television ratings.
Okay, so the desi Workout version may not go parallel with the American one but a fitness reality show is worth a whirl.
Unlike Bigg Boss, there will be no KRKs, there will be no bottle throwing (dumbbell flinging), or pulling off shorts in the gym. But the show can have great bods and all the sexual tension, glamour, romance and flavour needed for a reality fitness television.
Western suburbs like Bandra, the cosmetic capital of this city, have a gym at every nook and corner. Bollywood puts a premium on great bodies and most heroes are so worked out now, their biceps could give Popeye, the strong spinach-eater a complex.
Since the city audience is so much into gyms, a strong audience connect is assured.
Add to the gym theme, the food and weight watch angle showing clients struggling to lose weight or skip the besan laddoo for broccoli, or even give up their sweet, thick lassi for thin, salted chaas (buttermilk).
This might have urban audiences groaning in sympathy and empathy. So how about it Ekta Kapoor? 'Kkkyunki chaas bhi kabhi lassi thi' sounds good to me.
Hemal Ashar is Assistant Editor with MiD DAY
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