TV Channel and Kavi Sammelan
The trend of Kavi Sammelan on TV channels is about forty years old. When there was a poetic gesture with four five poets on Door Darshan. But the Kavi Sammelan to be held in that era was for a particular occasion. With a particular purpose. Then some private channels came into the field and started the Kavi Sammelan on the channel very well. SAB TV is the first to enter this race. On which a program in the name of Wah-Wah started through Ashok Chakradhar. Which became very popular.
After this, many other TV channels also participated in this race and brought poetry programs with different names and formats. In which Shailesh Lodha’s (Wah-Wah Kya Baat Hai) became very popular again. Which came to many seasons, and almost all became popular. Even today some programs are running on some on some channels. Which are also popular. But a question still stands in its place that Kavi Sammelan is a medium to connect directly to people. Is it not in danger due to these TV channels.
This question is reasonable because the prime time of TV and the time of Kavi Sammelan is the same. Kavita’s shows on TV affect the number of listeners of Kavi Sammelan and Kavi Sammelan affects the number of TV listeners. It is not possible to establish a contact between the two. Because both have the same interests. The benefits of both are the same. But it cannot be denied that TV is a big platform. All the poets who also affect poets want to come on TV. Because it is easy to get popularity through TV. Compared to any other medium.
We can be said that programs related to poetry coming on TV are a threat to the health of Kavi Sammelan. Because the listener who takes his time and goes to the poet of the Kavi Sammelan. To listen to his favorite poet, the same poet gets to hear him in the bedroom of the house. In such a situation, he will find any excuse to avoid going out. And this thinking is a danger bell for the Kavi Sammelan. Whose call is now being heard. If this problem is not paid quickly, then in the coming few years, Kavi Sammelan can also disappear like other means of live entertainment.
