Aww, yeah, it does change things when you can not only see how good something is but kind of get that validation from an external audience that, objectively, this is really good! It happened to me too with the Pakistani dramas Humsafar and Zindagi Gulzair Hai, where suddenly your perspective is changed because, in this case, they were really well received in India.
Maybe we’ll be more appreciative of our local media now. 🙂