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OUR normal or even paranormal serials aren't
complete without some of these faces. While some of you can't bear to
look at any of them again, the rest can't catch some shut eye without
their darshan.
The goody two shoes daughter-in-law
This one has a degree in human psychology, and pushes all the right
buttons — always. Tulsi (Kyunki...), Parvati (Kahani...), Kumkum,
Kkusum and Heena (in serials named after them), Prerna (Kasauti
Zindagi Kay) and the spiritually strong lead, Gayatri, in Devi, or
even Saroj in Bhabhi — a pillar of virtues by any name is the same.
But it's not enough if you've seen one. Scriptwriters and audiences
who specialise in sado-masochism flip channel after channel only to
witness the holier-than-thou primetime saga. This character's pain
threshold and succession of failures would probably make even our
cricket team bow their heads in shame. Even if she's been kicked
around a 100 times, she can do no wrong.
The nagging mother-in-law
While the entire moms-in-law brigade in Kyunki... can be slotted
here, Kumkum is not far behind in cloning this character. There's
Vikram's mother in Devi who is the quintessential saas out to be part
of everything's that not her business.
The useless men
Be it Vikram Sharma played by Mohnish Behl in Devi or the tridevs of
Kahani..., men are portrayed either as under-achieving sons (read
Vicky in Kittie Party who is waiting to take over his father's
business) or as breadwinners who stroll in and out of the house,
looking all important with a leather attache. Or there's the torn
husband cateogry much like the characters Mohandas in Goonj Ateet ki,
Siddhartha in Kkusum or Tilak in Bhabhi.
The convenient disease/death
Every time the writer decides to add a twist to the plot, his hands
reach for the protagonist's neck. How else would you explain Mihir's
grand departure, Parvati's fatal brain tumour (of course, the tumour
and the brain decided that saas-bahu soaps were too much and opted
out) or even Gauri Pradhan's (of Kutumb) sudden death? If Caroline of
Bold and the Beautiful can do it, then so can Gauri, right?
The victorious vamp
Be it the many bindied Ramola Sikand (Kaahin Na Kahin Koi Hai), or
Komolika (Kasauti...), the lady with the warpaint, or Anu (Des Mein
Nikla Hoga Chand) what tickles that vicious bone and makes your eyes
gleam with wicked glee is a winning move by the vamp. Of course, the
classy queen bees a la Kittie Party's Rewa and Lipstick's Sheetal
Singhania and Kasauti...'s Monica Bose also bring out those talons a
shade elegantly. Sympathy for the sati-savitri is passe as your eyes
are on the conniving alpha woman who are all baying for blood.
-Indian Express
complete without some of these faces. While some of you can't bear to
look at any of them again, the rest can't catch some shut eye without
their darshan.
The goody two shoes daughter-in-law
This one has a degree in human psychology, and pushes all the right
buttons — always. Tulsi (Kyunki...), Parvati (Kahani...), Kumkum,
Kkusum and Heena (in serials named after them), Prerna (Kasauti
Zindagi Kay) and the spiritually strong lead, Gayatri, in Devi, or
even Saroj in Bhabhi — a pillar of virtues by any name is the same.
But it's not enough if you've seen one. Scriptwriters and audiences
who specialise in sado-masochism flip channel after channel only to
witness the holier-than-thou primetime saga. This character's pain
threshold and succession of failures would probably make even our
cricket team bow their heads in shame. Even if she's been kicked
around a 100 times, she can do no wrong.
The nagging mother-in-law
While the entire moms-in-law brigade in Kyunki... can be slotted
here, Kumkum is not far behind in cloning this character. There's
Vikram's mother in Devi who is the quintessential saas out to be part
of everything's that not her business.
The useless men
Be it Vikram Sharma played by Mohnish Behl in Devi or the tridevs of
Kahani..., men are portrayed either as under-achieving sons (read
Vicky in Kittie Party who is waiting to take over his father's
business) or as breadwinners who stroll in and out of the house,
looking all important with a leather attache. Or there's the torn
husband cateogry much like the characters Mohandas in Goonj Ateet ki,
Siddhartha in Kkusum or Tilak in Bhabhi.
The convenient disease/death
Every time the writer decides to add a twist to the plot, his hands
reach for the protagonist's neck. How else would you explain Mihir's
grand departure, Parvati's fatal brain tumour (of course, the tumour
and the brain decided that saas-bahu soaps were too much and opted
out) or even Gauri Pradhan's (of Kutumb) sudden death? If Caroline of
Bold and the Beautiful can do it, then so can Gauri, right?
The victorious vamp
Be it the many bindied Ramola Sikand (Kaahin Na Kahin Koi Hai), or
Komolika (Kasauti...), the lady with the warpaint, or Anu (Des Mein
Nikla Hoga Chand) what tickles that vicious bone and makes your eyes
gleam with wicked glee is a winning move by the vamp. Of course, the
classy queen bees a la Kittie Party's Rewa and Lipstick's Sheetal
Singhania and Kasauti...'s Monica Bose also bring out those talons a
shade elegantly. Sympathy for the sati-savitri is passe as your eyes
are on the conniving alpha woman who are all baying for blood.
-Indian Express
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