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But Winter Sonata is not all that Korea wants to export
to India. As Korean Broadcasting Commission head Kyu Sang Cho estimates,
the initial offerings that would be lapped up are the documentaries.
Drama and innovation would follow later. Among the other offerings
that KBS has on its menu for Indian broadcasters to sample is Forbidden
Love, a love story between a Gumiho (a legendary creature) and
a man, a series interspersed with a lot of futuristic effects.
KBS' Loving You is about a man who falls in love with the
woman who saves his life, and Oh! Feel Young is a wacky love
story about a teenager trying to find himself. There are other interesting
themes like KBS' Second Proposal, which is about a woman
divorcee who is trying to make a living on her own, after being
dumped by her husband in favour of a younger woman.
Documentaries like Human Theater also form part of the repertoire
that KBS is trying to interest the Indian market with.
What now remains to be seen is whether India bites the Korean bait.
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