OK. Its that time of the year again.MTV is ready with a new reality show,rather a new season of an old show.Its called Splitsvilla, the tag line reads- where love is war!
Wow!Now if that doesnt make u want to stay home on a saturday evening i dont know what will. (ok, ok i had nothing better to do!) Also the very interesting promos of girls in bikinis beating each other black and blue was attention grabbing.And yeah, the concept is also kind of fun, especially to our sorry selves bored by singing and dancing reality shows.Hats off to MTV
for originality, something they have always exceled at.Its not like this is the first time i'm catching the show. Last year too ,i followed the show and my friends and we did talk
about it a couple of times. But truth be told, I always thought the entire show was kinda cheesy.Especially last year, some 15 girls would have to, just have to like the 2 guys out there.I mean - why??I dont think any of the girls really did like either of the guys , except maybe Shraddha, whose devotion for Vishal was almost embarrassing to watch. Also pretty sure none
of them came to find love, neither did the guys. No matter how much the boys claim otherwise, they were just there enjoying absolute freedom to gawk at girls in their skimpiest best,judge them while they parade,pose in bikinis and dance erotically,
all the while pretending that are looking for that oh-so-pure-and-oh-i-am-so-thirsty-for-it L.O.V.E.Seriously guys, who are u kidding?I mean outside of the show none of the girls would have even looked at you.Ok maybe Vishal,not so much at the other,
whats-his-name guy.But still you know, through all of that pretentions,hypocrisy and lame tests judging "qualities that every guy looks for in a girlfriend" the show was really interesting.MTV had it going on last season. The show was really well cast, the girls were quite hot, they all had interesting personalities and yes there were moments in the show that were
reality show treasure trove.First of all the show at that time was one of a kind,albeit a safer, more morally sensitive and indianized version of Temptation Island.It was airing at a time when even MTV had nothing better to offer, it had to fill up the time slot of Roadies.Also it would have given Rannvijay an oppurtunity to host something other than Roadies,it would have
given some fame hungry ladies quality air time. and yes it would have made some very lonely men very very happy.The show started of great, Goa was a perfect setting to find and fall in love,a place as desirable as any other privileges love has to offer. The girls were introduced one by one, you started counting and trying to recall the names of the girls you found hot.Then the guys were introduced, then the girls were introduced to the guys, blah blah blah…. The show was yet to catch on. We find the interesting concept of a pretty young thing being dumped every night by the guys, also the lame but yet funny games by which the girls can endear themselves to the guys and the prospect of some ppl actually making a connection in this whole chaotic make believe world very ..well..interesting. I mean that made for some good tv. Then the entrance of the boob intensive Priyanka and the entire imbroglio that followed regarding her fake/real assets everything made for a show that you would actually watch. Yes there were some really cheesy moments, I especially found the dates to be incredibly dumb and the whole last episode of vishal and the other, whats-his-name guy doing a strip tease (eye cringing material I tell you), also the guys cudnt answer even the simplest of questions. Vishal u sure u used to fly a plane , I mean u sure it wasn’t just a toy you played with in the bathtub?? My point is that through it all the show was interesting, it definitely got a huge nod from the sponsors going by the lengthy ad breaks, and I know for a fact that it clicked with the targeted audience- the youth.
So MTV decided to air 2nd season of splitsvilla. This time it was made a bit more risque (--eee add some more ee's for that zazzy fake french pronunciation), there will be a group of guys going after a group of girls, so a sexually,balanced diet! I still sigh at the time change of Roadies but I was looking forward to splitsvilla2. But as the title of this blog wud suggest I was disappointed. The show was boringggggggg a big snooze fest. Cmon MTV! What happened? Some of the great creative minds taking longer lunch breaks that they are supposed to, is that what it is? The girls are not hot at all, I don’t know who did the casting, some gay guy could have picked better looking girls, none of them have great personalities. The guys look like they all spent their entire lives in the gym, working out to get chests that look like boobs, and waxing saloons. I’m sorry but each one of the guy is the quintessential dumb stud , you know the “himbo” that Seinfeld was referring to. (Himbo- a man bimbo!) The voting zone also sucked, the tropical feel was not just there , it looked like any other normal beach . You know something guys, fire on top of big sticks don’t always look good. The entire show was a big blabbering boring mess. Also I hate saying this but I dnt think nikhil is the right vj for this show. I kinda missed rannvijay’s straight talk and clear hindi. I don’t know how the show is going to turn out to be in the next couple of weeks but if morning shows the day, guys dnt wake up, it’s a lazy boring morning.
Bring back Roadies at its normal time. I have things to do on Sundays. (Dat was my silent protest)!
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