While Sun Bangla has continued apace with their current offerings having only launched in February 2019, Star and Zee have used COVID as a way to accelerate the endings of multiple shows regardless of genre and launched a handful new ones. Most of the leads from Colors Bangla’s four scripted series have found new homes as side leads or are leading their own shows now. Zee Bangla too canceled a show partly due to its low airings and because it required more than the allowed 30 people on set per India’s COVID rules.
Unfortunately during the shutdown, the studios working with Colors Bangla were told their scripted series were no longer needed and Colors Bangla has finalized its shift into re-airing content or airing dubbed serials from other language networks.
Of those, Star Jalsha, Zee Bangla, Colors Bangla, and Sun Bangla were the four most viewed networks with the first two constantly competing for the highest rank. However with the COVID related shutdown and filming just returning to normal in late July, Indian serials of all languages have shifted considerably.įor example, pre-COVID there were six or seven Bengali language channels for people to view in Kolkata and elsewhere. Like telenovelas, there’s no lack of love triangles, scheming villains, murder, thieving, face swaps, amnesia, and the list goes on forever. Having watched nearly a hundred Bengali language serials produced by Indian studios, I’ve become quite accustomed to the sheer ridiculousness and trope filled chaos that occurs in these shows.
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