Maa Exchange!

Had a free evening at my hands yesterday, as classes were cancelled and so got home early. Grabbed my dinner and settled before my TV set surfing channels, when the latest reality show caught my eye! Maa Exchange aired on Sony TV. For those who have missed the promos, Maa Exchange is the Indianised version of the foreign reality show 'Wife Swap', where the home makers of two different homes are interchanged. The show started off well with sweet goodbyes from family members to their respective mommies, and then the drama began.

Maa exchange seems like the extension of the re-known Big Boss, where the contestants have to reside with a set of people whom they have probably never met before. I personally found it very brash and meaningless. I mean, why force a family to the rules of a new Mommy for four days when as soon the old Mommy returns things are going to go back to what they had been before? It seems like a family counselling programme, but with a catch: the psychiatrist has to live with her patients for a period of 8 days.

Lets see how far things go for this kind of a reality show!