This was the name of a series I used to watch long long time back. I used to watch the hindi version of course, and that was named
"Thoda Sa Aasmaan", I think. I even remember the title song, and I remember it being very calm and soothing somehow. Deepti Naval, Nadira and one more actress, very pretty.
The story of three women and their relationships with their men, and life in general.
The series did not have the dazzling saturated colour schemes that we all seem to love these days, nor did it have the sonorous melodrama without which television wouldn't quite be, or the designer jewellery and overdone makeup; it was a subtle, well defined, deftly created image of reality.
Lamenting over the good old past is a pastime I don't indulge in. I'm not old enough for that. But what definitely strikes me as rather tragic is that even at the age when I was hardly old enough to understand the complications in human relationships, I had exposure to books and TV that not only entartained, but also enhanced the ability to look at things from different perspectives. And today the soaps and series are all about melodrama, gorgeous females and goodlooking hunks, impeccable make up and heavy jewellery. But somewhere in the midst of all these, we have lost the innocence of the older days, matured actors, and good scripts.
I remember the last two or three episodes of that series. Nadira, playing an elderly lady married happily to Sriraam Lagoo since forever discovers that he had had a mistress all this while, and she came to know of this only as a telegram informing of the death of the mistress sent to her husband was delivered to her. Deepti Naval played a jolly mother of a toddler named Kshitij
(Well, i remember the name coz I used to think that kid will grow up to hate his parents for such a difficult name, and then I heard of two sisters named Silky and Milky :P) married to a guy who does not have time enough for a romance in the marriage. The third lady played the role of a young woman, in love with a guy, but determined to have a career rather than settle down in marriage. I remember the last episode showed they all walking out of their marriage and relationships, and taking control of their lives. Nadira getting a divorce, Deepti walking out of the marriage, and the third out of the relationship in favour of a job.
Perhaps a few re-runs would put some thought into the minds of the mass-producers of popular soaps these days. Make your regular staple soap; but at least make it well!
Freedom doesn't start with catchy dialogs and bold dresses, it starts in the mind. The same thing works for quality, and taste, or the lack of it!
