CID - Long running detective show on Sony


There have been many detective shows on TV, with some specific character. CID is the most viewed detective serial in Bangladesh. The people in the show are dedicated, but not individually brilliant; instead they use modern science, forensics and the power of the law (interrogations, authorized searches, etc) to find clues that will help them to solve the crime. Not only women but also men watch this serial.



Laali – the Snake Charmer (Agle janam mohe bitiya hi kijo on Zee Tv)

This is the most peculiar serial I have ever seen. Anyway I don’t know why women like this serial. This is so boring and there is nothing in this serial which can make ie interesting. It is a story about a girl name Laali. And the story is based on her.

Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii

Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii is Asia's 2nd Most Watched and Awarded show till present date[1Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii' is the story of theAgarwal family and mainly revolves around the favourite bahu of the family, Parvati (Saakshi Tanvar).kahaani ghar ghar kii is aired on star plus days a week.Bangladeshi women like this serial very much. They can forget their dinner but they can’t forget watching this serial.

Kyunki saans bhi kabhibahu thi

Because a Mother-in-law was once a Daughter-in-law too)is Asia's #1 Most Watched and Awarded show till present date[1 produced by Balaji Telefilms, that revolves around the lives of the fictitious Virani family. The show went off-air in November 2008 due to its falling popularity. However, the show had been the longest running serial in Indian Television. It has gained much popularity in Bangladesh

Television has become an inseparable part of our life. Especially the daily soap Hindi serials are so much popular; as a result every one of us watches one or other TV serial at least once in a day. It is mostly popular among the housewives not only in India also in Bangladesh as well. Almost 90% of these women desperately wait to watch these serials in between their daily chores and these serials are related to our everyday lives. These serials present their happiness and sorrows of simple middle class families and show the condition of middle class families. Since most of theses serials show the family relationship and also show the problem of the struggling women but they try to show the fake picture which is actually destroying the feelings and image of the women.

In most of the serials it shows a person to be romantic in the first place but after some times there is a twist and it changes the whole story by showing the same character. The most hated thing in these serials; they always try to focus on how money, power, and reputation can be earned by choosing the wrong path. The funniest thing they show a person who dies in few serials back returns after sometimes to bring a twist in the story. Is it really possible to return after death life? These are just so funny. The most important thing to mention about these serials is that there are too many advertisements are given in it like the costumes, jewelries, looks of the actor/actress. When they are sleeping or cooking they are wearing heavy make up and jewelries.

These daily soaps show stories which are related to people’s life. Most of the soaps share common themes like family relationships, romance, humor, and conflicts. However, to make each serial exclusive the director chooses unique clothing and accessories. Daily soaps are deliver messages regarding culture, family relations, struggles of life and mythology through stories, but instead of the story, the audience is fascinated by the dresses, actors and the jewelries.


Main reasons women like Hindi serials for passing leisure time, for stories, for fashion and looking at actors whatever the reason might be, women said that they could not ignore accessories and clothing of the characters.

Media has highly overvalued Hindi daily soaps. Currently, each serial is shown three times a day. Due its high publicity people are bound to watch them. For many, Hindi serials have become daily chores. Girls who have watched Hindi serials said that serials are not informative. They also admitted that watching soaps is a complete waste of time; still they cannot abstain from it because watching televisions has become a routine. Daily soap operas seem very entertaining as they hit women’s dreams and aspirations, but in reality they take the viewers far away from the real world. We should draw a line between reality and illusion.

The addiction level of watching Hindi serials is much among the women. They forget to eat while watching these Hindi serials. They can pass a day without eating but they can not avoid Hindi serials in a day. Portraying gorgeous women in daily soaps is one of the strategies adopted by the television industries in India to engross the viewers. Not only in India, but the number of viewers are rising up in UK, USA, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Due to increasing number of Indian channels and television networks, people have acquainted themselves with different kinds of daily operas. There are many channels which show daily operas all of them are impractical. Hindi channels are easy to access. Amongst many Hindi channels five famous channels telecast soap operas. Star Plus, Zee TV, Sony, Colors and Star One are popular among Bangladeshi people. Most popularly watched daily soaps are- “Kumkum” (Devotion of a Girl to Her Spouse), “Kasauti Zindagi Ki” and “Dulhan” (Bride), “Dil Mill Gaye” (When Two Heart Met) and “Bidaai” (Farewell). Star Plus dominates every entertainment genre”. However, other channels like Star One and Star Utsav are also popular .Here are a funny picture of a family. It shows the addiction of this family towards Hindi serials.

The addiction level of watching Hindi serials is much among the women. They forget to eat while watching these Hindi serials. They can pass a day without eating but they can not avoid Hindi serials in a day. Portraying gorgeous women in daily soaps is one of the strategies adopted by the television industries in India to engross the viewers. Not only in India, but the number of viewers are rising up in UK, USA, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Due to increasing number of Indian channels and television networks, people have acquainted themselves with different kinds of daily operas. There are many channels which show daily operas all of them are impractical. Hindi channels are easy to access. Amongst many Hindi channels five famous channels telecast soap operas. Star Plus, Zee TV, Sony, Colors and Star One are popular among Bangladeshi people. Most popularly watched daily soaps are- “Kumkum” (Devotion of a Girl to Her Spouse), “Kasauti Zindagi Ki” and “Dulhan” (Bride), “Dil Mill Gaye” (When Two Heart Met) and “Bidaai” (Farewell). Star Plus dominates every entertainment genre”. However, other channels like Star One and Star Utsav are also popular .Here are a funny picture of a family. It shows the addiction of this family towards Hindi serials.

The communication links brought about by the Hindi daily soap is immense. Hindi daily soaps have gained attention all over the world because of easy access to the Hindi channels. Bangladesh has the world’s third largest TV watching audience – not surprising since we do have a large population. But what is more is that in 2009 we expect to have 700 channels on the satellite cable network, and that the reach of this network is upto 75 million households.


Television is obviously the main source of entertainment for these households.

Hindi serials are promoted highly in televisions. Even if the country is facing financial crisis, it will have capital to buy Hindi channels. Star Plus is the mostly watched channel among Bangladeshi women. This is because Star Plus is one of the oldest channels and people are acquainted with it for a long time. Most of the popular shows watched by the women are also from the Star Plus like “Kasauti Zindagi Ki”, “Kumkum”, “Bidaai”, “Kaahin To Hoga” and “Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil”. For fashion, the body of the women actors is exposed unnecessarily. For instance in “Kumkum” and “Maayka” (Bride’s Home) most of the characters wear transparent saree to show the blouse design.Women who watch these serials always crave for thse designs and fashion. This desire has boosted the fashion world. Many Indian dresses have entered in our culture. As a result people are losing their traditional values. Watching daily soap is one of the ways of passing time for women, but too much of watching is unhealthy. It might reduce the capacity to learn.

Besides Hindi serials ,Indian Bangla serials are also famous in our country.Indian Bangla Serials have a quite vast impact to our society. Other language Indian serials are not in our language, but Indian Bangla Serials are in our language. It can create negative impact to our society more then Hindi serials. We are still not counting this as a dangerous element, but it is silently killing us. The main objectives of Indian Bangla Serials are family clash, and most of the viewers are our parents. The point of impact is that, those serials create a bad image in their mind that; they try to compare the serial situation with their own family. It is easily happens because of the language. They find it more familiar then the Hindi or English Serials. Normally the victims become the middle class families of our society. So we have to stop it for ourselves.

MTV Splitsvilla is another popular reality show in Bangladesh. Young boys and girls like this reality show very much. This is a youth oriented programme. The nacked scenes of this show makes it popular among the young generation.The nine boys and girls would encourage the king and queen of ‘Splitsvilla’, the house where they are put up, will be revealed in the inaugural episode of the show.

“All the eighteen contestants compete for love and fame. The winning couple gets a chance to win Rs 10 lakh and host their own show on MTV. The boy or girl who is dumped will leave the show and move back to her home.

Each time the show is being telecast in a new format, with exciting games and different type of emotions. During the Season 1 we’d seen 2 hunks dumping one after another girl from the 20 girl contestants. And in the Season 2 there was equal representation of both the genders.

Cultural imperialism is rather widespread in Bangladesh. Rather than being proud of our own culture and heritage, nowadays, Bangladeshis are more prone to either adopting or blindly following foreign culture. This is common among the younger generation of our country. Earlier, Bangladeshis were greatly influenced by the western culture. Now, the dominance of Indian culture in our society is very much evident with introduction of satellite television in Bangladesh back in the early 90s. Bangladesh took a 360-degree turn from their previous first choice of western culture to a totally new and rather prominent culture.




The media is an effective way of influencing people. But unfortunately, in Bangladesh, always the negative side of all good things seems to influence people the most



Bangladesh Television, which actually aired really good US TV serials, the Bangladeshi people soon began to become addicted to the Indian culture. They ate, drank, walked, talked, shopped, and slept like Indian people. They still do. As days passed, the number of Indian channels began to increase. Now there are more channels than there were channels on a TV set back in the 90s.



The strongest influence of this culture is on children and women. There was a time when teenage boys never watched a single Hindi movie. Nowadays, from child to men all watch Hindi programmes including movies.This success is not for the Bangladeshi culture, but for Indian culture.



Indian culture is eating up the creativity and productivity of many talented Bangladeshi individuals. Rather than expressing their own thoughts and ideas, they prefer to copy the Indian culture. The influence of Indian culture is uncontrolled everywhere. Even Bangladeshi weddings are the victim of hindi serials culture. Now there are Indian rituals involved with our weddings. Earlier when Bangladeshi weddings were limited to two holuds, a wedding and, a reception or maybe engagement ceremonies at times, now some people have wedding ceremonies which last for at least seven to ten days. There is a Sangeet ceremony, a mehendi ceremony, and some more such ceremonies.

The Indian culture has mixed with our blood. Children who have been growing up watching these Hindi programmes fail to understand the true value of our culture. They talk and dress like the Indian TV stars. Tailor shops are continuously getting orders to make dresses worn by some Indian actress. Same goes for beauty salons. Many people visit these places to want to get a haircut or a look like some actress. The once popular Benarasi saree is becoming nearly dead because Bangladeshi women want to buy Indian sarees which are worn by Hindi serial actresses. They do not want to buy these traditional sarees anymore.

Here i am going to show you people the effects of hindi serials on Bangladeshi women in graphs. Here are four graphs in no. 1 graph we can see a Pie chart showing different Hindi channels that telecast daily soaps. There are 4 hindi channels that show many serials in different times. Another graph shows the reason behind watching hindi serials by Bangladeshi women. Another graph showing mostly watched hindi serials in Bangladesh. The last one showing the number of students who watch five hindi daily soaps ranked by the media.

The government must also step forward to change this scenario. When the Indian government is not interested to allow our Bangla channels to be aired in India, why is our government allowing Indian channels to be aired in Bangladesh? It is not fair. If they impose some restrictions on these channels, maybe then our local channels would also be more benefited. More people would be interested to watch local programmes, which are often a hundred times better than the programmes that are aired on the Indian channels. Moreover, Bangladeshi people have to be conscious as well. They should be aware of their own rights and values. They should not allow such discrimination to take place. They must not be influenced or guided by some other culture.Government should increase tax on hindi channels which air hindi serials continuously such as STAR PLUS, ZEE TV, SONY, SAHARA CHANNEL etc.

One may wonder why I am so against the Indian culture. I would not have been so bothered if these programmes had some substance in them. What do they mainly teach us? People who have watched some of the most popular Hindi serials which ran for a minimum of seven to eight years would remember that the serials mainly revolved around power, money, jealousy, extra-marital affairs and not to forget, the occasional reincarnation!!! Then there was the time travel part. A trend started when serials began to move a few years forward in time. That was the most hilarious part watching the actors look exactly the same as they did twenty years ago. The parents and their children and grandchildren seemed to belong to the same age group. Sadly, people accepted and digested this quite readily. My logic fails to explain how this can be possible.

I fail to understand what could be so interesting about these things?

The revolutionary Hindi serial culture has had significant impact on our personal and social lives as well. There was a time, and maybe there still is, when people did not like to visit others because they would miss an episode of their favourite Hindi serial. The ladies in the house became most irritated when guests arrived unannounced when they were seated to watch their favourite shows. The ladies were, and still are, highly influenced by these serials. They are constantly thinking of the things that they saw on the shows. Some are even topics of hot debate. Many people have been seen to be arguing about the plots of these so called popular serials! The serials influenced some people so much that they behave like the characters. They dress and imitate the characters of the programmes.

Surprisingly, the Indian culture also has somewhat positive aspects. Some people earn a good living due to the dominance of Indian culture in our society. Many businesses focus on the preference of Indian items by Bangladeshi people and centre their business operation around that. For example, tailor shops are constantly getting orders to make dresses worn by some Indian actress. Same goes for beauty salons. Many people visit these places to want to get a haircut or a look like some actress. And the list goes on and on. Not to forget, there are the negative sides also. The once popular Benarasi saree is becoming nearly extinct because Bangladeshi women want to buy Indian sarees which are worn by Hindi serial actresses. They do not want to buy these traditional sarees anymore

Bangaldeshi people like the hindi reality shows. So they imitate the shows. In India at first singing reality show Indian Idol was telecasted. After watching Indian Idol Bangladeshi people made a reality show named Close up 1. The first season peole watched Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam and Farah Khan on the hot seats as they took judges' chair for the show. Abhijeet Sawant participated in Asian Idol, representing India, and placed third. He also released his second album Junoon which was a success and he also did play back for the movie, Ashiq Banaya Apne.

The rules are the ten contestants will go to third round and in final the Indial Idol will be chosen by the common people by public voting. The contestant who wil attain the Indian idol post will get a contract of Rs. 1 crore with Sony Entertainment Television and a TATA Winger. In close up 1 the procedure is same. The Close up1 will be chosen by the common people by public voting. And the Close up 1 winner will get a contract with NTV. Bangladeshi people have got this concept from Indian Idol. They are not using their creativity. They just copy and imitate the Indians. There are also some reality shows which are imitated my Bangladeshi people. Such as Lux Channel I Superstar and Moharajer bari etc. They copy from Big Boss and many more reality shows.

Compared to Hindi serials, the Bangladeshi serials are so much better. Yes, they may not be full of glitz and glamour, but there is a bit of reality in them. The Bangladeshi serials do not teach people to suspect or hate one another or arouse jealousy in people. Bangladeshi programmes are centred on ordinary people and they reflect the real Bangladesh. But maybe not all the programmes are like this.


There are some Bangladeshi entertainers who believe that they would be more successful if they copied Hindi serials and not to forget the often rather objectionable and vulgar music videos. There was also a time when Bangla film songs were an exact copy of Indian film songs. There still is a lot of influence of Indian movies in the Bangla film industry starting from the plot of the film, the costumes, songs, etc.

Fortunately, things have started to change. Bangladeshi people, albeit not all, have begun to realise the true value and power of our own culture. Some people have begun to boycott Hindi programmes completely.

The actors who play roles in Bangladeshi serials are highly educated. The directors and producers of Bangla serials are also highly educated. Women who watch Hindi serials regulary should watch Bangla serials. Some popular Bangla serials are

51 borti, chaiya chaiya, 420, housefull, Patro chai, Patri chai, 69, Ronger Manush, besto doctor etc etc. Humayun Ahmed is a very talented writer. Mostafa Sorwar Faruki is the most talented director in Bangladesh. His serials are much better than Ekta Kapoor's serials. Hindi serials are nothing in front of Bangla serials. Bangla serials are educative. There is no nacked scenes in Bangla serials. On the other hand, Hindi serials are non educative. They are vulgar. Bangla serials are awsome in a word.

Compared to Hindi serials, the Bangladeshi serials are so much better. Yes, they may not be full of glitz and glamour, but there is a bit of reality in them. The Bangladeshi serials do not teach people to suspect or hate one another or arouse jealousy in people. Bangladeshi programmes are centred on ordinary people and they reflect the real Bangladesh. But maybe not all the programmes are like this.


There are some Bangladeshi entertainers who believe that they would be more successful if they copied Hindi serials and not to forget the often rather objectionable and vulgar music videos. There was also a time when Bangla film songs were an exact copy of Indian film songs. There still is a lot of influence of Indian movies in the Bangla film industry starting from the plot of the film, the costumes, songs, etc.

Fortunately, things have started to change. Bangladeshi people, albeit not all, have begun to realise the true value and power of our own culture. Some people have begun to boycott Hindi programmes completely.

The actors who play roles in Bangladeshi serials are highly educated. The directors and producers of Bangla serials are also highly educated. Women who watch Hindi serials regulary should watch Bangla serials. Some popular Bangla serials are

51 borti, chaiya chaiya, 420, housefull, Patro chai, Patri chai, 69, Ronger Manush, besto doctor etc etc. Humayun Ahmed is a very talented writer. Mostafa Sorwar Faruki is the most talented director in Bangladesh. His serials are much better than Ekta Kapoor's serials. Hindi serials are nothing in front of Bangla serials. Bangla serials are educative. There is no nacked scenes in Bangla serials. On the other hand, Hindi serials are non educative. They are vulgar. Bangla serials are awsome in a word.

Hindi serials are full of nacked and dirty things. In reality shows women wear vulgar dresses.They try to show their body to the common people. Such as in MTV Roadies and splitsvilla girls wear small dresses which provoke the young generation. The young generation of our country like these reality shows very much. in Splitsvilla girls and boys go to dates and they hug each other. It looks very dirty and nacked. The Indian culture is not like our culture. Much intimacy scenes are shown In Splitsvilla which is vulgar. In many Hindi serials women marry twice even thrice. Is there anything to take from these Hindi serials. My question is that how a married women can marry thrice??? Is there any answer to Bangladeshi people. But yes a person can give answer to this question and she is none other than Ekta Kapoor the director of these vulgar serials. In Roadies and Splitsvilla boys and girls use many abusive words. They always use slang words which are creating a bad impact on Bangladeshi young generation. For example,A married women make love with many boys though she has a husband. Is it possible in our culture or society?? But yes it is possible in Hindi serials. Young generation are watching these serials and they are taking the negative sides of these serials which are fake not real. Small dresses, hot girls, fashion, style, marriage, live together and making illegal relationship of a married person these are the main features of Hindi serials. They dothis to increase their TRP. But in reality it is creating bad impact on our young generation.

There are some Bangladeshi entertainers who believe that they would be more successful if they copied Hindi serials and not to forget the often rather objectionable and vulgar music videos. There was also a time when Bangla film songs were an exact copy of Indian film songs. There still is a lot of influence of Indian movies in the Bangla film industry starting from the plot of the film, the costumes, songs, etc.


Fortunately, things have started to change. Bangladeshi people, albeit not all, have begun to realise the true value and power of our own culture. Some people have begun to boycott Hindi programmes completely. But this will not be able to solve our problem.

However, I must admit that it would take many, many years before the Bangladeshi film industry would be able to attract people with this kind of mindset, to the theatres. Some people have been successful enough to draw the general mass into the movie theatres but that is only a handful. If the Bangladeshi film industry once again tries to make the kind of films that were produced in the 60s and 70s, rather than copying the Indian films, they would be successful in their endeavour to entertain the masses rather than the lower working class people.

This is a Bar Graph showing different Hindi channels the women of Bangladesh watch.

Bangladeshi people have to be conscious. They should be aware of their own rights and values. They should not allow such discrimination to take place. They must not be influenced or guided by some other culture.
Our culture, our music, our language are so rich and vibrant. There is so much to see, listen and enjoy. We need to divert ourselves and look at what we have in our country and be proud of it, before we start looking at what others have to offer. We must not complain about the lack of variety or quality of the things which are available in Bangladesh. If people think there is any lacking or deficiency in our products, they must try to enhance them or encourage others to change them. They must not give up and turn away and look for substitutes from other countries. Only this way shall we be able to free ourselves from the evil influence of foreign cultures. This will also help us to prosper and reach new heights.