Another day at Tulsi's home. The adoring daughter-in-law does not lift her eyes beyond her mother-in-law's knees. The Virani household is just beseiged by another problem and Tulsi, the daughter of a pujari is at the helm of it all. Sometimes hated, sometimes loved by the family, her character is elevated to mythical propositions.!
Business as usual, on Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu thi! Could sense a million tears rolling on the wrinkled faces of a umpteen grandmas, the fair and lovely covered faces of the million Bhabhijis watching it. And the tears seem to increase at an logarithmic[sorry for the technical lingo..:P] scale, with every increasing tear in Tulsi's eyes.
For every single person who loves these tear jerkers, there are two people hate it in magnified propositions. The kids perenially started complaining about their moms getting addicted to tvs and paying the least heed to their dinner tantrums. The husbands were irritated that they didnt get their evening chai when they came home after a 'tiring' day! All said and done, imagine a world without the soap operas?!
An idle mind is a devil's workshop they say. Its a petryifying thought to let loose so many maamis, chittis,aajis, aunties, bhabhis to be engaged in gossip, the next favourite passtime after the soaps! Ah,gossip!! While, the gossips now are dominated by whether Tulsi's sarree was looking fine to how cruel the the youngest scion of the Virani family raped the gal, imagine if the gossips had real life characters as the central leads! One day, you talk to a girl on the road and before you reach home, mom will ready with a broom in hand and a question in mouth, “who kaun thi??”. “Mom, friend!”. “Friend, ya girlfriend!! That mrs. Sharma was telling that girl is 'very bad'!! Dare i see you with her again”. Advantage folks!! Every time, you want to know about that pretty lass who has recently come into column.Look no further. Ask mom! Saves a lot of time and sometimes, insult too..
Not just this.! If not hooked to the tv, am sure she would be hooked more to your mobile! Every time the mobile goes beep beep, get ready to churn out a fictitious name from the same sex. Every time, an Aditi messages you, make sure your genes pronounce it as Aditya!! If you really dare to tell her the truth, wouldnt be surprised if either of you land up in the neighbouring hospital the same night! She, for heart attack..and you for bruised hands caused by intense concoction of broomsticks, hot metal rod and sticks typically used for hanging clothes to dry! And for the kids, you are lucky! You will be spared of the teachers rod, albeit at the expense of two more at home.
Girls!! Some special treatment for you! Everytime, you wear that jean which hugs you more than the salwars, all the nighbouring Sharmajis,joshijis and iyer bhabhis are going to peper your mom with stories of how there was another gal in the nieghbourhood who also wore such outfits and later ran away with a guy! There was no way you could ask your mom for that cute dress which your mom's favourite character was wearing.
All this fine, imagine what would she watch if not these soap operas? Aastha TV?? Ramdev Maharaj and his 'breath-taking' skills!?? And yeah, you would never be able to watch television with that oh-so-familiar argument of “Mom, dont you watch television?!”
Sometimes, i feel all the folks who are perenially against these soap opera are people who tried watching them and failed miserably in understanding it. It, indeed is complex. Here is a small excerpt about KSBKBT in wiki,
“Mihir returns from America and takes over the reins of the family business. He goes to the family temple and there he bumps into Tulsi - the daughter of the family pujari. Savita, Daksha and Gayatri plan Mihir's wedding. Mihir meets a prospective bride called Niharika, but when she seems undecided about what she wants to do, Mihir lies to her parents about his affairs in America, and wiggles out of the match. In steps Payal - with a proposal for Mihir. It is soon taken for granted that Payal will be marrying Mihir. But the differences between the two are apparent - and Tulsi and her dad, the pujari talk about this. Payal, in the meantime, goes over to the Virani household and tries to sniff out the undercurrents in the house. Payal snubs Tulsi. When Mihir hears about this, he goes to apologise to Tulsi. Payal, however, does not apologise for her conduct. She does not go over to meet Chirag either - after he is brought home by the police on suspicions of attempting to kill himself, because he has flunked in his exams. Mihir and Tulsi discover that they like each other. Savita stops Tulsi from coming to her house. “
Life is so much better with saas being once bahu!!
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