Indian Serials - How we love to Hate them

Well, some of us mortals who have only one TV at home and parents do want to watch their daily dose of Ekta-ised Hindi Serials. What else can we do but watch it back, few observations I made while watching the serials...

Joint Family:
Four generations live under the same roof GrandPa, Son of Grandpa, Son of son of Grandpa and son of son of son of Grandpa....and also Mama, Chacha, Kaka and the kids. So in a typical serial you will find around 25+ living under one roof.

Business:

This will be the biggest mystery of all the Serials, no viewer knows what the family business is but they still wear the most expensive suits, silk kurta and best designed sarees.

Food: 
When food is served and let us say even breakfast everyone is super decked up in again Armani suit and silk sarees as if they have to go somewhere.

Family Meeting:
This is one thing which I have never understood is family meeting has to be standing where someone will come and say a happy news in which 5 people will be happy and 2 will always be unhappy. Opposite effect for a sad news. I mean doesn't it hurt their feet standing up even if a plush Sofa made with authentic leather is made.

Slow Motion:
That takes up 25% of the showtime...happy news slow motion for every other person in the room, sad news slow motion of every other person in the room, someone coming in the house slow motion entry.

Camera Panning:
Sad news, sad face shown four times which looks like a presentation coming from left once, from bottom, from right and then a jerk motion. By the end of all the animation I forget what the bad news was.

Makeup:

Seen the most abnoxious kind of makeup which 3rd role aunt wears, massive bindi on their forehead which takes up 50% of the area..I mean who does that...

Background Score:
If you don't have a background score in the serial, you are not important in the serial. Vamps and Vampies have a background score like *tan tana* etc etc when they enter or have a bad thought in their mind. We viewers can live without it seriously.

Festivals:

Be it Diwali, Garba, Holi and even Christmas family has to celebrate in a big way.....things which will happen in a festive celebration....someone will be caught doing a bad deed, there will be some misunderstanding and someone will shout something which will stop the whole proceeding. Someone who was never seen before enters the house and creates a *ooh and aah* moment in the family. So there will be no festival without any issues.

Romance:
Girl will fall in love with someone who is poor and vice versa or she will fall in love with someone who is family personal enemy Son and vice versa...they will fight and run and lie their way around but rarely they will do talk romantically but all the conversation will be around family member. I mean get a life and talk something else.

These are the few things which I have noticed..would love if you add more...