People are forced to sit at their home due to Corona. They should not be bored and smile on their face, so old serials of 80s and 90s are being shown. Mukesh Khanna has even gone a step ahead and said that he is going to make a sequel to Shakimman. Now this is not the first time when preparations are being made to make a sequel of a superhit show. Before that there are many such shows whose sequels have been made but could it succeed?
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Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
Sara Bhai Vs Sara Bhai came in the year 2004. At that time such serials were not made in India nor were they seen much. But the makers took the risk and they were successful. The show proved to be a superhit. The comedy of the show was also quite different. In order to capitalize on that success, its second part was brought in 2017. The show's cast was kept bean. There were artists like Ratna Pathak, Satish Shah, Sumit Raghavan and Rupali Ganguly in the show. The second part of the show was released on the digital platform. The show was liked but it did not reach the point where its first part reached.
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Shrimaan Shrimati
Started in 1994, Shrimaan Shrimati lasted till 1999. The comedy show featured Jatin Kanakia, Reema Lagoo, Rakesh Bedi and Archana Puran Singh. The theme of the show was quite funny. It was shown in the show that the husband likes the wife of the other instead of his wife. The whole story was around this plot. The show was always remembered because of its casting and story. Later the same comedy was brought in to freshen up Shriman Shrimati again. In 2018, viewers were served a reboot version of this hit serial. But who knew that the show could stop in a few months. The sequel of Shrimaan Shrimati could not taste the success.
Hum Panch
Hum Panch shows whose key to success was in the hands of women. The show featured the story of five girls who had strangled their father. Vidya Balan played the role of Radhika Mathur in the show. Similarly, Shoma Anand, Ashok Sarf, Vandana Pathak played important roles. The comedy of the show was well liked. Later in 2017, this show came again with a new starcast and the same story. But the fun that people used to see in old version could not received in sequel. Audiences could not relate to the show's characters as well.
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Khichdi
Khichdi is credited for serving the most unique comedy, which not only won the audience's heart with his story, but every character in the serial created a different place in the heart of the fans. Khichdi was the first serial in TV history to be made into 2 parts. The film was also made over the serial. But with the passage of time, the fascination of people also got disturbed by the show. Due to this, neither Khichdi The Movie nor the third part of Khichdi came in 2018 got success.
Sanjeevani
Comedy serials were made sequels many times, but there were also serials like Sanjeevani whose story was simple, but people liked it a lot. Sanjeevani was started in 2002. This was the first medical drama show where along with the personal life of the doctors was shown how they deal with patients. The show worked by artists like Mohnish Behl, Gurdeep Kohli. Recently its sequel also came Sanjeevani 2. The show battled for TRP the whole time and in the end it had to go off air.