PARIVAR [If FRIENDS were aired on Star Plus]
One of the most popular TV shows among the youth today is Kioun ki Saas…oh sorry (what am I thinking?) FRIENDS. For those who are not familiar with this program… please don’t bother reading any further.
Anyway, so what will be the changes made on our favorite show once it is aired on Indian satellite television? The name, for starters, cannot be retained; it has to be something in pure Hindi. As you might have guessed from the title, it will be called “PARIVAR;” and as the name suggests, it will be based, not on six friends hanging out together, but on six members of a joint family. So where do these six people stay? No, definitely not in a couple of adjoining apartments, you cannot expect one of the biggest business tycoons of India to be living in flats!!! So they’ll probably be living in this huge mansion called “Sampur Jeevan” or something else in unpronounceable Hindi. Next comes the title song. This one should be sung by a girl and should be based on the importance of “Rishtay.” Our Rachel counterpart will be introducing us to the rest of the family members while this song is being played in the background.
Coming to the individual characters now:
-Phoebe: Phoebe will be a tomboy, who’ll have contacts in the underworld. She will be dressed in jeans, an untucked shirt and a cap. Her vocabulary will include words like “Bindas,” “Jhakas,” “Sala” and others not appropriate for printing here. She will carry a hockey stick with her whenever she has to attend a “Lafda.”
-Ross: Ross will be the business tycoon in our serial and will be dressed in a suit most of the time. Approaching his late fifties and with his son; Ben in his mid twenties and married; Ross, a divorcee for the last twenty years will be considering remarriage to end his “akelapan.”
-Chandler: Chandler will be Ross’s evil brother-in-law. He will always be looking for ways to swindle money out of Ross (who he’ll be calling Jeeja Jee) or any other family member.
-Monica: Monica will be Chandler’s evil wife and Ross’s sister. She will help her husband in his evil plans and will also prevent any suspicion from falling on him whenever any money is missing. She will be dressed in a sari with a sleeveless blouse and wearing a complete jewellery and cosmetic shop.
-Rachel: Rachel will be the typical “Bhabhi Maa or Bari Maa” in this serial. She will be Ross’s ex-wife and while she will be caring for all the rest of the family, everybody else will be trying their level best to hurt her in anyway possible. She will be constantly at loggerheads with Monica, who will somehow manage to but the blame of all her husband’s schemes on poor Rachel. In fact Monica is the one who has caused Rachel and Ross to get divorced. Rachel will be dressed in a Banarasi Sari (Yes she will sleep in it too) and will look half her actual age.
-Joey: Joey will be Ross’s innocent, but comical, little bother. He will be Phoebe’s boyfriend (Yes he’s twenty years younger than Ross, got a problem with that?). Joey will be constantly using Phoebe’s contacts with the underworld to somehow blackmail Chandler and Monica into admitting their crimes so that Ross and Rachel can get back together.
Well that was all from this episode of Parivar. Don’t forget to tune into Star Plus at prime time tomorrow to see IF the story has progressed at all!!!
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