ast-forward is the mantra that Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - KSBKBT - has adopted. Indian television's longest running serial has pitchforked a daughter to great grandmother in a trice with great results. In six years, the serial has jumped three generations. The first 20-year leap was in 2003 and second one began in early June 2006.

KSBKBT started on July 1, 2000 along with KBC. It was the first Balaji production on Star Plus and marked the beginning of the epic of a large and affluent joint family featuring simple saree-clad bahus and heavily made-up vamps. The success of KSBKBT has spawned a deluge of family soaps which are doing quite well. ... more