8 Things That Define Ekta Kapoor Serials

8 Things That Define Ekta Kapoor Serials

If Sherlock still applied his science of basic to Indian soap operas, he would have quit his job and would have probably jumped to his death a lot before his scuffle with Moriarty (though that was not real either). Logic & Indian serials do not go hand in give, most of the time. And the credit goes to the queen of series operas, Ekta Kapoor. She “revolutionized” Indian TV, as some might like to put it, & though most of her serials initially had a good concept, they proceeded to defy all logic as the “story” went haywire. Let us take a appear at some of the quintessential things that just happen in an Ekta Kapoor soap opera.

Multiple Weddings inside the family 

                                                 Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar

Complicated paperwork & court proceedings? Ha! What is that?

Plastic Surgery 

Yes, I fell off a cliff. Sure, my face got burned. Yes, I got a new voice & a new body along with my new face.  

People don’t age 

Ram Kapoor in Kasam Se
They just gain weight & change hair styles, with an unreal patch of white.

Immortal Dadis/Ba’s 
Elixir of Life
One age group leap, Ba is around. Second generation jump, Ba is still around. Third generation leap. Oh my god! Ba is eternal!

Is he deceased? Is he not? Is he? Is he not? 

Enough!
Well, you never die in an Ekta Kapoor serial. You come back, later than plastic surgery, with a new body & voice too. Or there is forever divine intervention.
 Every action has an equal & opposite reaction! 

Shock, betrayal, grief.

Ekta Kapoor has carefully followed the law. Here, each action has more than equal reactions. Zoom in, zoom out. Zoom in again, zoom out again. Do again for all the characters present in the room, till viewers nauseous.

You can be bankrupt, but… 

Image means everything
The fashionable sarees & jewellery would still be the same. And yes, they double up as sleepwear also!

The males of the relations are present 24/7
Babuji
And the just work that they are shown doing is giving presentations, or meetings overseas. Rest of the time? Reading paper in sherwanis.