Women from telly world speak out against new age heroes

Updated On: 09 November, 2015 05:00 PM IST | | Letty Mariam Abraham

<p>Power women of the television industry voice their opinion against new age heroes, who despite being wife beaters, rapists or killers, have the audience rooting for them</p>

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Pallavi Joshi, Mandira Bedi and Renuka Shahane

Television shows connect with people on a personal level — switching on the idiot box on entering the home is, at times, more important than reaching out for a glass of water. While ideal bahus like Tulsi ('Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'), Madhubala ('Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon'), or Pragya ('Kumkum Bhagya') have set high standards for women scouting for brides for their sons, it would not be wrong to say that the so-called heroes, who have more than fifty shades of grey to their personality, are now becoming role models for the naïve audience watching these shows.

Iqbal Khan and Mona Singh, who feature in 'Pyar Ko Ho Jaane Do'