last week I checked out ‘kyunki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi’ after a long time…..
The way I watch the serials is one at a time for a week…this way i know the story since my last viewing (which is atleast 6 months old) and perfectly understand the current developments ……I also watch the special episodes i.e. one with someone dying / getting to know the truth about someone else / rebirth / plastic surgery / etc which are well advertised in newsprint a week before……thus i manage to knowledgably discuss these with colleagues, friends and relatives without having to go through the agony of the title song on a daily basis…Smart eh?
So last week was the week for KSBKBT………one of my favorites actually…Hiten Tejwani is cute na? Thats the principle reason for my watching any program….a good looking dude…irrespective of whether its a movie / serial / reality show / whatever else there is. beauty may be skin deep but thats all I get to see on screen…so, fair enough! Now to last week’s breaking news – regulars would know that the character of Karan was a victim of a gunshot on account of a scuffle between his 2 mothers. So whats the breaking news??
Well, did you realise that actually -Karan got shot, his mothers cried and fought over him, Mandira gives the address of his kid, Karan is hospitalized and comes to ‘hosh’ ……all in…..hold your breath…….ONE EPISODE ! Gah! For a second I thought I was watching the 6 month recap episode. the normal structure of this would be -
Week 1 -Mothers (Tulsi & Mandira) argue….rake up 50 years of history
Week 2 -Tulsi pulls out a gun and takes aim at Mandira….Mandira scared
Week 3 -Karan searches for his mother (Tulsi) & asks all the relatives
Week 4 -He sees them arguing with each other
Week 5 -Tulsi & Mandira have a scuffle and a shot is fired
Week 6 -The bullet travels from the gun towards Karan….hi-funda graphics used 
Week 7 -Karan watches the bullet comin in his direction but does not move even 1mm and he is shot!
Week 8 -2 moms fight…rake up 50 yr history…every1 else runs in shocked…close-up shots of all present individually…
Week 9 -They call for an ambulance, it arrives and Karan is taken to the hospital (fast paced episode, eh?) background score jarring
Week 10 -All Gods are harrased with various versions of ‘Maine aaj tak tum se kuch nahi maanga in past 3 episodes mein…aaj maangthi hoon’ background score jarring
Week 11 -Red light switched off in OT, Doctor comes out, wipes his glasses and looks at all relatives (whose shooting schedules matched) present….Tight close up of each relative and then the doctor, nurse and the Lord, background score jarring
Week 12 -Makes the joyous announcement….karan ko hosh aa gaya. Yipeeeeeeeee
Life is getting very fast paced…….We are living in the jet-age afterall 
