It is said that answers to the most important of questions come to you when you are not looking for them. I believe it now. A question had been haunting me ever since Balaji Teleflims irrevocably ruined Indian Television: exactly where does Ekta Kapoor draw her inspiration from, for all her teleserials?
And I am glad to announce I have found the answer the last night. It is from this little known movie:
Sau Din Saas Ke