Learning to make the Indian Television Serial.

 The fundamental mantra in making an Indian television serial is that it should be never ending. It's to be on till scrapped by the channel producers.

Based on observations over the years the next guidelines have been listed since many essential.

The Storyline: As we have stated previously the must mantra above the storyline should ideally have maximum elasticity. Means the storyline needs to be structured in such a way that it can carry on endlessly taking in new angles or triangles or developments or shock treatment or altruistic twists or directorial wish and that it should never get caught with a dead end. You just cannot afford to aim at a most logical end, because you should aim at earning the maximum revenues possible-both for you and the TV channel. If revenues are found to be dipping the channel producers will automatically and abruptly end it. This does not mean that the storyline ends there.

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The Characters: Following as a corollary from the above mentioned the characters of one's serial must be immense in numbers and stupendous in characterization. Mostly huge joint families are preferred with distant relatives thrown in as and when necessary. Please don't set any limits on the varied couple you can cause including the granddad-grandma one to the truly amazing grand son or daughter vs. great grand in-law couples, if possible. You have to also provide a wealthy reserve of dormant characters just to create them alive and kicking according to the twist-wish necessity. And, also for the dreadful eventuality of the serial inevitably heading for a most logical end you are able to just withdraw from the reserve and manhandle it on to the never ending track again. Say no to the frowns and scowls of the channel producers. Always.

The Location: You have no choice here because of the above mentioned conditions. You have to also have a massive posh bungalow with a gigantic hall and inner staircases ultimately causing the galleries and rooms above. This requirement is aside from whether your serial is urban or rural based and if the protagonist is a software billionaire or even a right down to earth cultivator. You have to understand, you will need the area to move your abundant level of characters around and showcase their emotions. You'll need the demonic hall, because during a dramatic moment you have to make all of your characters there and carry on taking their reaction close ups endlessly with the cameras doing go-rounds or vertical assaults.

Before we move on to other crucial guidelines let's take a break. We achieve this in sympathetic acknowledgement of the nut breaking importance of breaks for a serial.