By Anil Merani: Not all chat shows are destined to be superhits like Comedy Nights with Kapil. Unfortunately, the new Sony TV show, Aapka Apna Zakir, along with his four panellists – Shweta Tiwari, Rithvikk Dhanjani, Gopal Datt and Paresh Ganatra, has also fallen short of this mark.
As per reports, the show is facing the possibility of shutting down due to low TRP. Sony’s GRP is quite low; none of its fiction shows are firing, and sadly, even KBC has lost a lot of steam after years of airing. It’s crucial for Aapka Apna Zakir to attract more viewers to avoid a similar fate.
Perhaps the makers had high hopes for Zakir to become the next Kapil given his comic pedigree, but the early ratings were abysmal. Such a disappointing start discourages further investment of time and resources.
Zakir did not turn up for yesterday’s episode. Was it due to genuine work commitment, or did things turn sour with the ph (OML) and channel over ratings?
Zakir could have done better to get the connection right.
Zakir has not done much TV (Great Indian Laughter Challenge 2017) comedy. OTT comedy (On Air with AIB and Comicistaan) does not work on TV and vice versa. Netflix has not given numbers on The Great Indian Kapil show, which opened to mix reviews.
From an end-user perspective, I would have liked Shewta to have been more candid about her past life. It’s the candidness and the salacious gossip that keeps us engaged and wanting more.
Like what she feels about daughter Palak Tiwari’s equation with Saif Ali Khan’s son Ibrahim Khan, she had chastised her daughter about the same on social media, so it is public already.
We would have liked Rithvik to be more open about why he cannot cross over to OTT and films. It’s the intrigue and the desire for more information that keep us hooked.
Pareshji should focus on what went wrong in his films and TV sets.
The script was so bad that even big-ticket guests like Karan Johar, Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey, and John Abraham could not save the day.
The jokes also sounded repetitive. Also, if you want to replicate the success of the brand, the bar has to be set much higher.
