VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MEGA TELE MARKET

Women’s violence exposed in Swarnavahini’s Mega Tele market

Sri Lanka’s Tele drama market was changing from time to time. It started with ‘Sirasa’s MAHAGEDARA was followed by ‘Pramuka Ran Depayen’ an Sinhala dubbed Tele drama was followed by ITN’s Mega Tele drama ‘PABA’ very inferior type love stories got accumulated to the market.
As the limits have now exceeded the ‘mega Mudalalis’ are going in search of new markets for mega Tele dramas .For this Swarnavahini television channel are trying to introduce Mega Tele dramas with violence to women. These days at 9.30 p.m a Tele drama ’Tharumalee’ mega Tele drama is been telecast.
The theme of the mega Tele drama revolves around the rich son of the house holder who tries to take sexual advantage from an innocent domestic young village lass. The scenes that are shown are not at all conducive to our culture and these types of scenes are repeated continuously at each episode. These scenes have been shown purely to draw the attention of certain type of audience for marketing the mega Tele drama.
In Sri Lanka no Tele drama is tagged with any only for adults tag/ notice and the viewers have to watch this Tele drama with all the members of the family. Viewing this particular Tele drama becomes a very treacherous for all viewers and in particular to those watching as a family unit.
Instead of such a theme if more cultural and with story from where one could learn and behave in a society should have been much more useful and appropriate. It was seen in a scene yesterday the ‘Walauwe’ Podi Hamu though a mere accident a dish of dhal is spilled on the body of the village lass, the servant which for some was a matter for laughter.
This very low grade scene is shown in the video BELOW: