15 June, 2008

Saas-Bahu Soap Operas

No matter how many times they have featured on 'Things I Hate The Most' on Slam-Books and personality questionnaires, I have always been awed by the rich variety of 'saas-bahu' teleserials aired during prime-time.
Why?

Here is ,in no way an exhaustive list of their achievements( Due to obvious reasons I consider all the saas-bahu dramas to be a single identity) :


The net worth of the jewellery in one scene overtakes the GDP of Eritrea(ask google uncle about Eritrea).

The costumes worn by a single person on one show beats the lifetime wardrobe of an average, sane mortal.

The Bindis of a lucky select compete in size with Kosovo.

The only set-up , fiction,non-fiction or whatever, where an older person plays the daughter if not grand-daughter of the younger one.

The wiliness of the average bahu puts to shame even the most dangerous KGB spy.

The make-up used for one complete episode can is more than that used by any mortal.

The only family probably in the history of time to have 8 generations in one frame.

Edna Parker who?.Compete with our very own Baa.

The only shows on planet that can make a 5 minute real-life scene go on for an hour.How?
Here are a few ways :

  • The camera zooms into and out of the bahu's face 5-6 times,accompanied by thunderous sounds,prefferably from different angles.
  • Then,the above repeats for the other 8-9 subjects in the scene.
  • This done,there are various combinations to capture reactions.
  • Then we bring in components just one color.
  • The list is so ingeniously long,hence I skip here(phew).
Those were but just a few.
And how did I become such an 'expert' at this,well , "Mums" the Word!!

3 comments:

Vivek said...

bubhahaha...poor soul...but u have pointed out intricate details of my most hated stuff on tv....soap operas...especially the ones that do the camera and sound effects to tell u how horrible it is to add more salt to the food or add sugar to the food meant for a diabetic saas....crappy people...

sweta prabhu said...

oye.. kya teer mara hai.. ekdam nishane pe.. word by word of it is true.. but unfortunately.. mum's and ladies, i must confess myself too.. do enjoy the jewelery and sarries worn by them... hehehe.. but ye they are real waste of our valuable time. but y just blame soap operas... the reality shows are no better.. day by day they are learning new ways of how to make public cry !!!!

Amal Berly Kurian said...

nice one buddy

though I dont c much of Soap operas these days...could imagine nothing less
I would put it as a inborn epidemic that could put a "fair part" of any family in ruins(hope this is clearer ;))...Its a serious mockery of time..
Way to go with the topic selection...
great work

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