The serial cycle

So, I didn’t post my article last week. Where was Bharatiya Chokri? Well, I was at a MUN conference. Sorry for the delay, but here you go:

Now, you all know that I hate daily soaps. All these shows have this typical story. So here I come, ready to describe the story of a daily soap through various steps:

1)    Mulaakat: The protagonists meet each other at this stage. Their relationship at this stage is karele jaisa kadva. They hate each other, but coincidently (or rather by the command of the producers) they keep clashing into each other. Either of them has this best friend with him/her. This best friend acts as a messenger of love and tries to light the spark between the two.

2)    Pyaar toh hon hi tha: Movies and serials put this perception in our minds about opposites being attracted to each other. That’s what happens here. So their karele jaisi kadvi relationship turns into rasgulle jaisi meethi. They fall in love. Now, whenever they meet, this irritating music plays which frustrates the viewer by its repetitive nature. The protagonists keep looking into one another’s eyes and voh aankhon mein aankhein daalte hai. One of them finally does pyaar ka izhaar and the other accepts the love.

3)    Tsunami:- So now we have a problem. Either the parents don’t accept, or the protagonists suddenly change their minds, or the vamp poisons their minds or the worst- they marry some other person accidently.

4)    Shaadi:- After climbing Mt.Everest, these protagonists finally reach the peak. They finally get married, either by running away or solving the other issues. Their marriage is this extravagant affair which basically takes up half the money of the producer. The heroine wears a designer lehenga ( even if she is poor) and the hero wears a flashy pagdi. All rasams take place. People dance on Bollywood songs which start playing from nowhere. The family faces some random issue at this time also. These issues include a disliking to the color of the heroine’s lehenga, to the groom’s mother’s father’s brother not being able to attend the meeting.

5)    Nirvana:-Everything is blissful. This stage lasts for 1 episode.

6)    Saas bhi kabhi bahu thi:- The kitchen politics begins. The hero and heroine, along with the infamous saas are shown practically jobless and basically are just interested in plotting against each other. They practically go to any hadh to destroy each other’s happiness. The hero basically stands between the heroine and saas and keeps wondering what to do.

7)    Lut gaye:- Some tragedy strikes. The eternal lovers break their ever-lasting bond and start hating each other. They have this ghrina in their minds towards each other.

8)    Leap:- So after this tragedy, a leap takes place. Their kids grow up. They have separated now and live different lives, trying to forget the past. But the kids help them to rekindle their love.

9)    Action Replay:- All this stuff keeps going on and on till their kids become the protagonists and their story begins which is again a repetition of this cycle.

Hope you all enjoyed this article!! I would like to thank my dear friend Maha (who watches 10 serials per day) for helping me with this article.