Sitcom

When I hear the word sitcom, the first TV show that comes to my mind is Friends. I am sure many will agree with me. For all you people who don't know anything about Friends, I can give you a small brief. It’s about six friends who live close to each other in Manhattan. The characters are believable and the humor is fantastic. The weird and scrappy Phoebe, the snobbish and whiny Rachel, the perfectionist and cleanliness freak Monica, Chandler with his spontaneous humor, the always correct Ross and the charismatic actor Joey make it a delight to watch. I must have watched each and very episode at least 3 times, but I can’t get enough of it. You will read a lot about Friends in my posts.

Closer home, the show I like a lot is Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai. It definitely isn’t that popular, but it’s another great show. It’s about a family settled in Malabar hills in Mumbai, which is a very posh area. Rich, sophisticated and hypocritical Maya Sarabhai, who moves around with crème de la crème of the society wants a daughter-in-law like her, but she gets a “middle class” girl instead. Monisha, who is married to her elder doctor son Sahil, is stingy, dirty and “ekta-kapoor” serial lover. Maya's husband Indravardhan Sarabhai loves to pull a gig on her all the time and supports Monisha just to irritate her. Another great character in this show is Roshesh, the second son of Maya, who is an absolute mama’s boy & supports his momma no matter what. His irrational and non-rhyming poems are hilarious. Put in a tarot reader daughter, Sonya and annoying and technology freak son-in-law, Dushyant, they make the most dysfunctional family in TV (leaving out all the huge families of Ekta Kapoor). Episodes featuring the deaf brother-in-law of Indravardhan, Madhu Phupha, are hilarious. I am waiting for the second season to begin…