Lovely post Shybabe.
If trends are to be believed, IPK seems to have been shaped after prototypical Harlequin/Regency/Mills and Boons novels. Every single of these genres have the following in common:-
1. A severely flawed anti-hero (either physical or mental scars), who is unable to express love, feels betrayed by the world and carries wounds of the past. However, under the tough, hard-as nails exterior lies the heart of a passionate lover just waiting to be release by the right force.
2. A naive, innocent, breathtakingly beautiful yet financially limited heroine who is out to save her family and her honor. She has an iron will to fight for a cause and will not hesitate to sacrifice anything to uphold her honor or family. She is at crossroads with the anti-hero and is either coerced into a relationship or falls helplessly in love with him when she finds out his sordid yet painful past.
3. The heroine sets out to unravel the guy, they fall hopelessly in love, mature cough cough cough and then comes misunderstandings of monumental proportion, followed by separation of the leads.
4. Finally, all the misunderstandings are cleared, the man claims back his lady love, all is forgiven and they all live happily ever after.
One thing is very clear from all this, none of this genre has room for Saas/Bahu nonsense. They definitely have lecherous villians and Shyam fits the bill.
But what is truly unique about IPK? Laxmi the goat and Prakash brothers!
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