Mumbai:
Veteran film actor Om Puri ratestelevision shows as very poor and feels that they are tooglossy and focus only on clothing and jewelry.
"I feel the shows are of very poor standard. Nothingreally is significant (on TV).. it is a wonderful medium. Andit reaches in every home and I hope it is used much morepositively. There is very poor humor, no class..humor shouldbe like which also creates certain kind of awareness, and alsonot hitting below the belt," Puri told PTI in an interview.
But there are TV shows that talk about issues like dowry,domestic violence, child marriage and others.
Ask him about it, and Puri says, "They all look likecalendars, they are all so glossy. There are so far away fromlife. It is like a parade for clothes....garments, jewelry."
The 61-year-old has earlier worked on TV and is bestremembered for his stints in Mr Yogi, Tamas and Bharat EkKhoj among others.
Puri has now turned narrator for a television show,Chhal - Sheh Aur Maat, aired on Colors Channel.
It is a tale of a girl from Delhi, called Neha, who getsmarried to her prince charming Rishi.
Everything was perfect in their marriage until onemorning when she wakes up, not with Rishi, but Kabir, whoclaims to be her husband, a complete stranger.
"I would be narrating...I am a story teller for thisshow. I feel it is a sensible thriller story. It is cleanentertainment," he said.
Puri will be seen every Saturday in the serial whereinhe will sum up the high points of the show which unfoldedduring the course of that particular week.
Interestingly, Puri has not seen any of the episodes.
"No, I have not seen the show. I would go by script, thedirector will explain me and accordingly I will deliver. Butdefinitely I would see the show for references," he said.
"I feel the shows are of very poor standard. Nothingreally is significant (on TV).. it is a wonderful medium. Andit reaches in every home and I hope it is used much morepositively. There is very poor humor, no class..humor shouldbe like which also creates certain kind of awareness, and alsonot hitting below the belt," Puri told PTI in an interview.
But there are TV shows that talk about issues like dowry,domestic violence, child marriage and others.
Ask him about it, and Puri says, "They all look likecalendars, they are all so glossy. There are so far away fromlife. It is like a parade for clothes....garments, jewelry."
The 61-year-old has earlier worked on TV and is bestremembered for his stints in Mr Yogi, Tamas and Bharat EkKhoj among others.
Puri has now turned narrator for a television show,Chhal - Sheh Aur Maat, aired on Colors Channel.
It is a tale of a girl from Delhi, called Neha, who getsmarried to her prince charming Rishi.
Everything was perfect in their marriage until onemorning when she wakes up, not with Rishi, but Kabir, whoclaims to be her husband, a complete stranger.
"I would be narrating...I am a story teller for thisshow. I feel it is a sensible thriller story. It is cleanentertainment," he said.
Puri will be seen every Saturday in the serial whereinhe will sum up the high points of the show which unfoldedduring the course of that particular week.
Interestingly, Puri has not seen any of the episodes.
"No, I have not seen the show. I would go by script, thedirector will explain me and accordingly I will deliver. Butdefinitely I would see the show for references," he said.