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This is one of the many articles I've been waiting to shed some light on. As we all know that when we were in school the era of Indian dramas came into existence in Pakistan. Every home had cable that consisted of almost hundred TV channels out of which StarPlus was the most famous one. There were some other channels as well like Sony TV, SMax, StarUtsav etc.
From the year 2004 all Indian TV serials has found a place in the hearts of about seventy-five percent of the people. Dramas like Kasauti Zinadagi ki, Kahaani Ghar Ghar ki, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu thi, Kahin tou hoga had the same director Ekta Kapoor and obviously had the same twist in stories. Running towards the odd facts that are found in virtually every Indian TV serial is listed below
1. Hero comes back to life: This is a very common thing in Indian dramas that whenever the show is failing through a rough time then to institute in a twist they kill the principal star and then after like fifteen episodes he comes back to life in either way he's killed whether someone shot him, he was burnt, he was drowned or was even bitten by a crocodile he will get back to life.
2. Epic entry scene that the audience has been fed up of watching: Whenever there is a new entry in a drama, the cameraman will start by focusing on his shoes, then the suit he's wearing, then his watch, the side pose and then finally his face will be shown in the next episode to create suspense. I mean seriously what does the audience need to do with what kind of shoes the new entry is wearing?
3. Indian TV serials are promoting Plastic surgery: Continuing my previous fact, even if the actor doesn't want to return to his role the director makes him die and then creates such an unbelievable situation that how the hero escaped from fire, his expression was altogether destroyed and that the doctors had to give him a new face a new identity. Okay, in ideal conditions if this did happen how can the hero have a changed voice, height and eye color? I mean the doctors can't change the patient's height? That's not even possible. The only difference the new hero has is that he's aware of the new fashion trends.
4. Voices are changed: Well this may be a fact not many of you will not agree on. Sometimes the director changes the voice of the hero or heroine even though it's the actor who is performing but still the voice is changed. Or if during the editing the director thinks that further thoughts or lines must be added to the conversation then a different voice will be there to perform the role.
5. Copycat: Most of the serials follow the footsteps of the great Indian hit movies. Like if you wish for anything in the presence of a shooting star your wish will be fulfilled now we've seen this scene before right? But where? Ahh Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Another example is that when the heroine is being married to someone else then the love of her life hands her over to the groom, Dupata stuck in hero's watch etc. There are other similar scenes that are copied from the movies as if we aren't familiar with those scenes.
6. Lovebirds, the main leads of the drama are not going to be married at least not the first time: Okay so in the start of every drama they show some chemistry between the couple that they are in love and are ready to take their relationship ahead to a level that is accepted by the society. This is when the boy's or the girl's parents come in to tell them they have someone better in mind for them and to fulfill his/ her parents' wishes the hero and the heroine are married to the ones their parents chose for them. After the hero realizes that the first wife betrayed him then he's married to the love of his life
7. Twenty years later the main leads are fresh as new: This is the funniest fact about Indian TV serials that even though the main hero and heroine are parents of a lot of kids they'll still be young looking and beautiful than their children. They'll have no freckles, not a single part of their hair will be white and further they'll have no disease as in a normal world we understand older people holding loads of diseases but in Indian TV dramas you'll find younger looking parents.
8. Evil is the new good: Sometimes the director turns the evil into good and then when the drama has spent like 15 episodes on his or her good behavior, when the audience is made sure that the evil has realized his or her mistake and is now following the right path then the villain shows out his or her real intentions that he hasn't shifted and is here to take revenge. Indian directors really think that we'll find it easy to swallow that after showing in hundreds of episodes that a person's intentions are evil we'll believe that he's changed by acting positively in like ten episodes?
9. Directors need to give female actors a great stamina: Female actors faint a lot in every Indian TV serial I don't know why the directors do it so that the hero could look at the girl more closely? Whether she's not feeling good or is pregnant she is to faint. Tell me one drama series in which the heroine hasn't fainted yet. That's a challenge. It's getting way old. Indian dramas should change this now!
10. Indian drama serials keep showing marriage functions or any event for more than a month: Indian serial marriages are way too long for someone to handle and the funny thing is they've done a high class arrangement performed a high class arrangement for a union that is not going to fall out. Same goes with an event. A member of the family or the villain comes to the party and bares all past secrets associated with the household, ruins all the fun people are having and the strange thing is that no one tries to stop him or her. They're all waiting for the show to end.
11. You'll not regret having missed some episodes: You were not able to watch the episodes? No worries. Trust me you are not going to regret it because you will find the drama stuck on the same situation or dilemma from where you left watching.
12. The background music comes in thrice: Whether it is an entry of a villain in a wedding or a person breaks shocking news to the house the suspense music"THASH THASH THASH" will be played in the background. The cameraman will focus on every member of the family by showing their reactions one by one taking about 2 minutes and then return to the situation. Happens in about every drama.
13. A woman in every serial plays a central part in every one's spirit and proves to resolve all problems alone: According to Indian TV serials all an independent woman needs is a bag, a scooter and a helmet then she's off to helping people that reside in her town.
14. In every engagement party, either one of the actor drops the ring: Come on now people you'll have to agree on this fact that whenever the actor is getting engaged his or her previous lover is always present in the party and the actor whether it's a he or a she drops the ring and the ring travels through the entire hall and ends its journey at the actor's feet. And of course then the lover hands the ring over to the couple.
15. Jail, the ultimate place for actors: In almost every serial there are things like the actor is convicted of a crime, drugs etc. and is been taken into custody by the police and there is a huge drama when he or she is arrested but in the next episode you'll see that the actor is out on a bail.
16. Court drama: So by far the favorite dialogue of the actors is "Ruk jaye judge sahab". Whenever the judge is about to call for a conclusion considering a lawsuit then the person having a valid proof enters the court and interrupts the judge as he or she is the reason the hero that is innocent would be spared
17. Heroine slaps the hero like a million times: In every Indian drama serial, priority is given to the women to slap men as if they are their pets. If she slaps him like two times to create more drama they'll repeat the scene which makes it worse.
18. The larger the bindi the more evil is the woman: Okay so starting with the evilest villain that I think matches this fact is Komolika from Kasauti Zindagi Ki aired on StarPlus. Well you can take any drama, every drama has a villain that stays in the house and then performs what she has to do. And her bindi on the forehead keeps getting bigger day by day indicating that she's planning some serious evil moves against the family.
1)No crossing over someone, especially, when they are sleeping or lying down,
as it stunts their growth: We've got COMPLAIN about that! it's stupid but then again so are many others.
(even if you are leaving your house) in order to not let darkness make its home in your abode: It's okay to practice that without creating a fictional background/history for it!
As you don't want to see yourself as a broken man in life and neither do you wish to be one? Yes, a mirror decides it for you. Life is a snow-white's tale where the mirror is the deciding committee. "Who is the fairest of them all, huh?
So now slimy wall crawlers impart luck. I'd rather have bad luck than to let that cold blooded one sit on me.
In males, if the right eye twitches its good luck and in females, if the left one does, then they'll have a great day and loads of luck. What if, for some reason, both do? You'll earn money by falling in a ditch?
you're going to meet someone you haven't met in ages! : It's a rather good superstition as it's bringing people close unless the other person is your ex, whom you've been trying to avoid for long.
Most popular superstition yet baseless 'cause you just can't help if a cat crosses you. Black cats were considered allies of witches and that's why they are so hated. I really wonder what a person's gonna do if a black cat crosses his path on a one way.
We find this in every shop, office and practically everywhere. It is believed that if a lemon turns red, evil spirits are nearby and they are overpowering and if someone steps on it, then he becomes the abode of every evil that the lemon was able to capture. Man, vegetables can be scary!
It causes monetary loss and if done right after someone leaves the house, it might cause some form of harm to them. Yes, a BROOM does that to you.
Crap. Peepal trees have always been viewed as scary and have been feared because of their frightening and uncanny appearance which make them look like a ghosts' domain.BUT it's just that they give out loads of carbon dioxide at night which might cause some health damage to the person sleeping under it. HA! see? There's no ghost but just a silly superstition proved wrong with the help of science!
BUT it's just that they give out loads of carbon dioxide at night which might cause some health damage to the person sleeping under it. HA! see? There's no ghost but just a silly superstition proved wrong with the help of science!
the house its considered to be a bad omen: The person leaving just might meet up with an accident but how is one to stop a sneeze? Isn't it involuntary?It is just the fear, based on the baseless belief, that something bad might happen to us, which makes the negative thinking so strong that it turns into actions.
Isn't it involuntary?It is just the fear, based on the baseless belief, that something bad might happen to us, which makes the negative thinking so strong that it turns into actions.
How can something abstract like a family bond be broken or cut by something as materialistic as a pair of scissors? You just cannot argue over a superstition! It just isn't rational!
So you cook something good and eat alone and the envious Gods cry and that too on your wedding day! That's the only probably explanation to the above said nonsense. The only question here is, why just the wedding day?
Menstruating women in India are considered impure and dirty. They cannot do or attend poojas or touch anything holy. They even can't touch a pickle jar for if they do, the pickle in it will get spoilt. Funny how they are treated that way and then later wooed to reproduce, to continue a family's line forward.
They even can't touch a pickle jar for if they do, the pickle in it will get spoilt. Funny how they are treated that way and then later wooed to reproduce, to continue a family's line forward.
In ancient times, during night people used to travel through forests in bullock carts with a light of kerosene lantern. The carriage animals get past big cats like leopards, hyenas and jackals foxes. These animals have glowing eyes and scare the cows, horses or the bulls that pull the carts. That is why the travelling party halts nearby and help the animals refresh themselves before they pull the carts for the long journey ahead without any stress. Travelers shared their hard experiences and told other travelers not to proceed travel while the cats crossing the roads and in the course of time changing, the cat crossings got live and the people forget forest cats and took the domestic cats instead.
In past days a large portion of the Indians were farmers. After a week of hard work, Monday was their resting day. Characteristically majority of them cleaned their homes and cut their hair on that day. So the Barber wouldn't have much deal with Tuesdays and would close his shop. This practice is continued till date but the reason behind it is completely forgotten and lot misconceptions revolve around this.
Restriction of opening umbrella inside house had a sensible reason back in the days. The umbrellas were built with hard metal spokes and spring triggers, which could be dangerous to open. In fact, opening one indoors could pose a danger to people and fragile objects nearby.
Warning people not to open an umbrella indoors served to protect the health and safety of people and property indoors. Later this was considered as "bad luck considering the injuries and broken objects, which often coincided with the umbrella's opening.
Superstitious belief goes like this: Alakshmi, god of misfortune brings bad luck to the shop owners or business. In order not to allow her entering the shops they hang these 7 chilies and lemon. Alakshmi likes sour, pungent and hot things. Therefore at the door, Alakshmi will only come up to the door and eat her favorite food and satisfy her hunger and leave without entering the shop. It is believed that after consuming lemon and green chillies, Alakshmi loses her urge to enter the house or shop. She will turn around without casting her vicious eye.
Scientific Reason: The cotton thread which is used to pierce the chillies and lemon absorbs the acid from the fruit whilst it is fresh. This smell keeps the pests and insects away from the shops. This is a simple pesticide which came into practice from ancient times, which is mislead now superstitiously as explained above.
During old times, mirrors were not cheap and they were low quality and easily defected. In order to avoid negligence it was told that breaking a mirror brings seven years of bad luck. That was simple scare tactic. Romans were the one who tagged to the broken mirror a sign of seven years bad luck. The length of the prescribed misfortune came from the ancient Roman belief that it took seven years for life to renew itself. If the person looking into the mirror were not of good health, their image would break the mirror and the run of bad luck would continue for the period of seven years, at the end of which their life would be renewed, their body would be physically rejuvenated, and the curse would be ended.
In the olden days there was no electricity and shaving or cutting nails would result in cuts after sunset because of darkness. Hence our ancestors advised not to cut nails or shave after sunset. In Later days it was believed that the night spirits will be awaken and come in the search of flesh. People have been warned to get attacked by these evil spirits in the darkness of night if people cut nails or shave hair after sunset which continues as a superstition.
Three on a match rule' apparently was a tale told to the young ones after the World War 1. When it was night and you lit a pipe or cigarette if you lit three people off the same match a sniper would have time to zero in and he would kill the third man. Would you want the enemy knowing exactly where to lob a grenade because you lit the pathway for him? This story was twisted around as the time passed by and considered to be bad luck.
So folks, as long as you are not in war zone you are safe to light three cigarettes. Oh, hang on you are not safe until you quit smoking technically.
In India it is believed that during an eclipse one must not wander out, since it is believed that the Sun is swallowed up by the demon. Pregnant women, especially, must stay indoors in order to ensure that their babies are not born with any deformities. In fact, pregnant women are often not allowed to sew or cut vegetables during an eclipse. Some families avoid cooking and eating altogether during an eclipse. However, the reason behind some of these superstitions can be scientific. For example, one should actually avoid going out during an eclipse in order to keep away from the harmful UV rays
In India, menstruating women are considered impure and unclean. This, of course, gives rise to many superstitious beliefs. Women who are menstruating are not allowed to enter the kitchen. They are also supposed to stay away from temples, mosques and all religious spots in the house itself. A woman on her period is not allowed to perform regular household duties like cooking food. Some might argue that the reason behind this superstition is scientific, and that a woman menstruating loses a lot of blood and thus becomes weak and must refrain from strenuous activities. Others claim that there is nothing scientific in this belief and it is just another superstition created to subordinate the position of women in society
This is a very common superstitious belief in India, if a dead person's eyes is left open it is believed that the other soul around the dead body will be taken away with him through his eyes. But the real reason behind this is to make the dead person look as if he is sleeping peacefully and nothing more or less.
The fact that few species of bat drinks blood does not help to the superstitious beliefs revolving around them. There is an old myth that if a bat enters the house or flies around the hose for three times or more then death is waiting for someone in the family. There are many different myths associated with the bats in different countries and culture which adds up to bats being an bad omen.
The real reason behind the bats entering the hose brings death is because of the disease transmitted by bats were deadly back in the days when there was no medicines for these disease. Rabies, Nipah, Hendra, Ebola and Marburg are all viruses carried by bats that can cause serious disease in humans. Marburg virus and some strains of Ebola virus can kill up to 80-90% of humans infected.
Every movement of the wall lizard holds some significance according to Gowli Shastra in India. The colour, spots, stripes, chirping or twittering of the lizard and where it falls on a person's body are said to indicate future happenings. However the fact is that, lizards that are poisonous in nature release poisonous chemicals from their body in order to protect them from their enemies. If such lizard comes in contact of a person's body or falls in a food item like milk etc. then is bound to make it contaminated. One should wash that particular spot and area to avoid infectious disease.
The number 13 is considered an unlucky number in some countries. The superstitious sufferers try to avoid bad luck by keeping away from anything numbered or labelled thirteen. As a result, companies and manufacturers use another way of numbering or labelling to avoid the number, with hotels and tall buildings being conspicuous examples (thirteenth floor). It is also considered unlucky to have thirteen guests at a table. Friday the 13th has been considered the unluckiest day of the month.
One major reason is that, at Jesus Christ's last supper, there were thirteen people around the table, counting Christ and the twelve apostles. Some believe this unlucky because one of those thirteen, Judas Iscariot, was the betrayer of Jesus Christ. Another major reason for Friday the 13, On Friday 13 October 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the arrest of the Knights Templar, and most of the knights were tortured and killed.
The myth is that if you throw fallen hair inside the house instead of binning it, soon you will see a fight within your family. Well, who would like to pick up a quarrel at home?
But the real reason behind this superstition is if you leave the fallen hair inside the house it may end up falling inside the food when the wind blows.
Twitching of the left eye is considered to be either a bad or a good omen, depending upon which culture we are referring to. These superstitions take into account the gender and the part of the eye in which the twitching is observed as well. Eye twitching or the sudden involuntary movement or spasms in the eyelids is a common condition. Although there is an established explanation for these constant or intermittent involuntary muscle twitches, including various medical reasons behind them. Apparently, these twitches are nature's way of warning a person about some impending problem or indicative of some good news on the way.
It is common in India to give money for weddings and auspicious occasions. It is considered auspicious to add a rupee to the sum total.
There are various reasons, for some, it is a blessing, a token of love and luck. For some it is the beginning of a new cycle. For some it makes the sum an odd number and indivisible which is a good omen for the married couple. If the rupee is not added the sum total will be separable or it will end in zero which indicates the end, so adding the rupee will make the number odd hence assuring continuity.
There are a couple of theories about this superstitious belief. Many Christians are believers in the Trinitythat God is made up of three parts, the Holy Father, the Holy Son, and the Holy Ghost (or Holy Spirit). A ladder leaning up against a building was seen as a triangle of these three. To walk through this triangle was seen as breaking the Trinity and hence considered as bad luck. Another origin of the superstition was a bit less specific, and had to do with the similarities between a ladder leaning against a wall and a gallows. However the fact is that, it is simply unsafe to walk under the ladder and you may get hurt or might hurt someone around by knocking the ladder down.
Crow is the vahana of shani who represents the karmas of past. We are indebted to our ancestors who have given us birth. So offering food to crow is regards as pacifying the hunger of ancestors where ever and whichever form they are reborn. It is believed that crows are being related to our ancestors since the treta yuga'.
As per this popular legend, once Jayant the Son of God Indra, disguised in the form of crow and hurt Sita. In turn God Rama took hay and used it as an arrow and parted one of the eyes of Jayant. After realizing his mistake, Jayant asked for God Rama's forgiveness. Then Rama forgave him and blessed him with a boon that when food is offered to the crows that will reach the ancestors.
This is another common myth in India. If you sweep your house after sunset Lakshmi will walk out of the house and hence inviting poverty.
But the real reason behind this is back in the days when there was no electricity, light of lamp was not enough to spot any small gold ornaments while sweeping and hence chances of sweeping them away with the dust is high. Hence it was not advised to sweep after dark.
In all the ancient religions of the world, the ritual of animal sacrifice has remained a great means of attaining the nearness of the Almighty. In India, Goddess Kali is known to favor animal sacrificesgoats in particular. Killing a goat in her name is believed to relieve one of negative emotions such as fear, anger, and jealousy.
There is no scientific explanations behind this tradition apart from having a feast. Sadly this is still in practice in most of the parts in India. Can we justify the act of killing animals for whatever superstitious belief is been passed on ?
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