Heartland connect

With eight girls around,catfights are bound to happen and they have all begun in earnest. While Anmol doesn’t like Roshni too much,Rucha was almost ostracized by everyone as she became the first victim of elimination (and rightly so,considering she botched up the opportunity to save herself with her foot in the mouth),Sambhavna and Monica are thick as thieves while Kashmeera and Ishita are the masterminds. And on this count,the show scores as watching these girls sharpen their claws,bicker,snigger and gossip is good fun. The catfights do entertain. And with a Kashmera-Samba fight in the offing,we know things are only going to hot up with every elimination!
Yes,like most reality shows,this one looks staged too (what with rumours of Kashmera already being a finalist) but then we guess it’s time we took these shows with a generous pinch of salt.

Though we wish,the girls were shown interacting more with their hosts,the families,the villagers. You hardly see them adjusting to the rigours of a village life except for a token clip like turning their nose while making dung cakes or waking up at 4 in the morning to milk the cows. Also,we wish the tasks were more in tune with the village life (we mean,why a dance competition to win over the villagers? Honestly,we are a little tired watching Saroj Khan in every Imagine reality show…give us a break guys) like why not have something where they teach village kids or walk miles to the village well to draw water or some such!
All said and done,Desi Girls is fun while it lasts.
Verdict:
You just might catch a glimpse of the difficult village life amidst the orchestrated drama!