1)ML and FL with opposite characteristics
2)A mysterious sad past of ML or FL or both about which hint is dropped in the very first episode and the mystery continues for at least 3-4 months
3)Hit and misses between the leads before they meet for the first time. Generally they start hating each other after the first meet itself for reasons best known to them.
4)Takrar, trip and fall, eyelocks, nokjhonk, misunderstanding, jealousy, roothna, manana,pyaar in loop in random order
5)Series of lavish engagements, marriages, divorces in repeat mode depending on PH's budget
6)Never ending chain of festival celebrations, anniversaries, parties generally followed by a drama planted to humiliate someone and kill the mood.
7)Wicked ,nosy , majboor and conspiring relatives and neighbours
8)Few accidents,kidnaps,murder attempts, police arrests, coma, heart attack, memory loss, plastic surgeries . Depending upon time of the incident and occasion a particular God is assigned the responsibility to fix the issue.
9)Third angle, fourth angle, fifth angle and bingos mad angle
10)If the writer is bored then addition of few icchadhari and aloukik components
The above ingredients are mixed in proportion as per the taste of TRP audience