Who else, besides Bappi Lahiri, wakes up in the morning with dus tola of sona (bling bling)? No prizes for guessing: our TV actors. Here are some of the most ridiculous things that can only happen in Indian TV serials.
p.s. Bappi da is a legend, you’re not. Period.
1. Hero loves heroine → marries her → divorces her → then marries her sister → divorces her too → marries the heroine again
2. Rich Guy duped, loses house to bad guy, but prefers to stay as a servant in the same house
3. Women sleep, eat and bath in style. Heavy jewellery only!
4. For one Male character, there are 5 Female characters
5. Having a baby is dangerous. It will definitely get lost or exchanged
6. More background noise than dialogues
7. The lead character – betrayed foolishly by others, has an extremely unhappy life
8. Grandmothers and grandfathers live for more than 200 years
9. There’s only 1 temple in the world where everyone meets
10. Something bad happened → Earthen lamp out. (Internet of Things?)
11. Hero Dies → Family cremates him → his duplicate appears → family still believes dead hero’s back
12. News – important or not, is shared only when everyone including pets to Ramukaka of the house are present
13. Either the Mother-in-law(saas) is evil or the Daughter-in-law(bahu) is evil
14. Plane crashes → girl dies, 200 episodes later → girl’s back after plastic surgery with face, height, weight, voice changed
15. Powerpoint Presentations – the only thing businessmen do
16. And at last, aging is for losers. We stay forever young! Thanks to Ekta Kapoor Jaributti
On a serious note, television is a powerful medium and has a great responsibility of educating the masses. Clearly, we don’t see that happening in our country.
Time for a change?