So, its 1.30 p.m on a cold wintry thursday aftrnoon in india...n , due 2 d lack of n e thin betr 2 do ( for now!) n nt habituated 2 do n e thin else at dis odd tym of d day ( esplly a holiday!),I switch on d television..lo n behold!I have intruded upon d lost territory of saas-bahu sagas!!AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!Disgustedly,i change d channel,bt it figures tat i m stuck wid only 2 more alternatives-one,to watch sum sensational news ( lyk sum xyz actor's alleged break up wid sum abc actress,or sumthin abt how sum jkl person murdered his wife or brother for money...stuff which cn problly take up another topic on my blog!).And d 2nd alternative?To watch dis really huge flop movie( sumtyms,if i have dis really baad luck, dey r dese dubbed telugu/tamil movies.To watch d original movie is one thing, n 2 watch d dubbed one is another!!) starring dese two ttly unknown actors n actresses on a stereotypical love story......I'd ratr go back 2 d saas bahu sagas....maybe i shud try watchin one for a change,and sit watchin a serial in which a lady,who wudnt luk half bad widout make-up bt nevertheless puts on sum,n nt to mention a long snakelike bindi ( i had herd of snakelike hair,bt snakelike bindi??),evilly scheming against her daughter -in -law,who's d very embodiment of truth n sweetness...n tat apparently,accordin 2 d saas , is d bahu's biggest fault....!!Quite used 2 an atmosphere whr d saas treats d bahu as her own daughter,i m unable 2 c dis evil lady ( who,btw luks younger tan her own bahu; do dose anti aging creams actlly work??OPr do d producers think tat der audiences r dese real big fools who wont realise tat a 20 somethin is tryin 2 play a 50,problly even 60 yr old lady!!)plottin against her bahu....I flick d channel n here cums another daily soap...abt dis really ' good ' gal,who does all d housework n is her daddy's favourite ,n how she ends up makin sacrifices for her families,n her family quite fails to understand her!!n den it is revealed tat her husband's ex girlfrnd is tryin 2 ' snatch' d husband frm dis daddy's fav daughter..n tat her mom in law is also involved in dis plan(surprise,surprise!)!!Another saas bahu serial in d makin!!!flick!!another channel appears,andthis really takes d cake-one bahu kills her saas n d 2nd bahu,who,incidentally is d heroine( did i actlly hafta write tat??) is arrested.The serial den takes a few years leap n we c d heroine of d serial lookin d same as she was , 20 yrs back ( in d serial) except for a few gray hairs here n der( with a lil help frm baby powder!)..n she cums back 2 take revenge frm her family..n ends up helpin dem!!Dese serials really scare me 2 death coz of d fact tat one day i might be a bahu,so maybe i will hafta strt all my prayers for a gud saas frm now itself...n d instnt i becum a bahu,i'll hafta strt prayin for a gud bahu,so tat wen i turn into a saas , i dnt hafta sit at home,fearin for my lyf.And maybe i shud strt collecting dose anti-aging creams n hair dyes n stuff.And also-
Well what d heck,I have a betr option.
Click.D television is switched off,n so is my mind!!!
1 comment:
nice summarization of the much (ill)famed saas-bahu serials. this quite nicely matches to the descriptions i got from those infi ppl who were, jjust like you, unfortunate enuf to have to see such stuff!!! thank God and my mom that i didnt have cable for the past 6-7yrs, saving me from being in such a unforgettable and deranging position!!
keep going..........
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