Toral Rasputra yet to find viewer acceptance as Anandi?

April 3, 2013 Comments 6 Balika Vadhu

It seems Toral Rasputra, who replaced Pratyusha Banerjee as Anandi in “Balika Vadhu” after the latter quit the popular show, will take some time to carve a niche for herself as Anandi as audiences are taking their own sweet time to accept her.

“I loved the earlier Anandi (Pratyusha Banerjee) most because she had moulded herself according to the character. She has left her imprints on our mind and heart. That’s why we are facing a bit of a difficulty in accepting the new Anandi. This Anandi (Toral Rasputra) is also doing good but we all loved the earlier Anandi very much,” one viewer said.

Another one felt that Toral lacks that touch.

“I liked the earlier Anandi very much. New Anandi does not have that factor that Pratyusha had,” she said.

“Balika Vadhu” is the most watched show on TV and has been running for more than four years.
Pratyusha stepped into the shoes of child prodigy Avika Gor as a grown up Anandi in 2010, when the show took a five-year leap. She was chosen through a nationwide poll.

Purnendu Shekhar, writer of the show, feels that viewers need time to adapt to the change and it also happened when Pratyusha replaced Avika.

“Changing the lead character Anandi in ‘Balika Vadhu’ was a risk that the channel and the makers took, but that is because there was no other option. After the show took time leap and Avika was replaced by Pratyusha, the TRP’s dipped but after a while it got better.” Shekhar told us.

“The story on the show is showcasing the normal life that is why TRP’s are low. The high points have just got over,” he added.

Current tracks show Anandi’s life with Shiv.

Some feel that Toral is not bad, but they have formed a habit of watching Pratyusha.
“The first one was very good. She (Toral Rasputra) is also good but it is just that we tend to like the one most whom we have been watching for a long time,” a viewer said.

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6 Comments

  1. Sivsu
    Sivsu
    April 04, 00:47 Reply

    We are all so used to Pratyusha that when we listed to the name ANANDI it automatically makes our mind think of her, it will take a little while and slowly Toral will carve her own niche. Give her the time please . She is god too and it is really hard to get in someone else’s shoes and leave one’s foot prints. All the best Toral. May you win the hearts of the viewers soon .

    • tina yao
      tina yao
      April 04, 07:36

      I agree with you toral needs sometime to get to know the character of anandi. She can,t be anandi in one night give her sometime people good luck toral. I like your chemistry with shiv. Keep it up

  2. natalie
    natalie
    April 03, 13:28 Reply

    well said i agree with hema. we too quitted the show.

  3. Hema
    Hema
    April 03, 13:27 Reply

    ya we too quitted the show since the replacement of anandi character. we wont come back till toral is replaced by another character. we dont like chemistry between shiv and toral. toral may be good but not suitable to the anandi character.

    • Radha Sharma
      Radha Sharma
      April 03, 22:43

      Same here… Bye bye BV… Although I love Shiv, only Pratyusha suited him…

  4. Nane
    Nane
    April 03, 10:46 Reply

    I stopped watching and do not intend to return. I agree with several of the comments, Toral is good, but not as Prats. The scenes with Shiv Anandi are very different now, no longer has that chemistry!

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