Mantras in Hindi Soap Operas
Eavesdropping is the Name
No two people in a hindi serial shall have conversations without a third person (usually one who is not supposed to be around in that scene) listening in. All the plotting and scheming shall occur within easy listening range of the targets.
The "Kaagzaat" Trump Card
All property in soap-land is easily transferable. Legal transactions are over simplified and Kaagzaat of the house/hotel/company are easily available to everyone from the bahus to the baas, from the babujis to the local bhelpuri walas.
Thou Shalt Never Be 'Bling-less'
Even if woken up at 3 am, the protagonist (or any other character) shall never appear on screen without daisy-fresh make up, lipstick and the full works. In a silk sari, no less (WHO goes to bed in a silk sari? I could barely make it through my 3 hour wedding ceremony in one...)
Money Matters
Yes, we are a poor family. We are in deep financial doodoo. We're are on the verge of bankruptcy. But our house, it has 48 rooms and 362 bathrooms. Fully furnished. It is ancestral property. We are plenty emotional about it and will never sell it off. Or lease it. Even if we have to make human puppets with our own hair to make a living.
Of incomplete sentences:
"I saw you talking to her."
"Arre, lekin..."
Pause
"I know you were cheating on me."
"Meri baat to suno..."
Pause.
"I want a divorce"
"Par maine to..."
Pause.
Bam! Out she walks...
I would seriously recommend neurological evaluation to this guy. He has obvious difficulty in completing sentences...and they call this a misunderstanding?
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Very poignant observations. Looks like you watch them regularly.
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A researcher has to work with data even if he is not excessively fond of that data. A MHP has to work with human behaviour even if it is the most dysfunctional behaviour pattern. Get the drift? :)
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