Hindi Film Requirements
Assumptions:
* there are only two classes in society. 1) Very rich and
2) very poor. There is no middle class.
* All cities are located near a mountain or at least a hill to
facilitate chasing of cars on dangerous tracks.
Stunt Statistics:
* All heroes have a training in martial arts and driving all
kinds of vehicles (including horses).
* To make hero's task easier, villian chharu's generally approach
him one by one.
* All fights tend to shift towards a place which is stacked with
empty drums.
* If hero is being chased by villian(s) on foot, a bridge should
be very near to the place with either a deep river underneath
a railway line (with a train moving on it).
* Empty wine bottles are always within a hand's reach to be broken and
used for assault by the villain.
* No known hero has ever got hit by such a bottle.
* Towards the end of a fight when the hero has almost over-powered
the Main villian, the sub-villian always finds the heroine or
hero's mother handy to hold her at gunpoint.
* Children and animals are generally found to be useful in such
situations.
* Bullet ridden people always live to reveal incomplete identity of
their murderer.
* If one car is chasing the other, one of them definately come across
a hand-cart containing fruits (generally watermelons).
Story Statistics:
* As a rule of thumb, the hero has either his mother or father
alive (or none of them - never both).
* Young hero with old Amma as his mother is not actually her son
but is the abandoned son of some zamindar or daku or a wealthy
person.
* If two heroes are brothers, one is bound to be a criminal and the
other a lawyer or police inspector. Generally the younger one stands
a better chance of becoming an educated fellow because the elder
one has entered the world of crime to provide for his school/college
fees.
* If a boy and girl are shown to meet in childhood, they meet again
only after 12 years (mind well only one of them remembers).
* If heroine's parents are going for an arranged marriage, the boy
selected, in 90% cases, is the villian.
* All honest factory owners have corrupt managers.
* All building contractors are lusty and have an eye for the heroine
or hero's mother.
* Daughters of Village mukhiya's fall in love with people from city/town.
* Hero heroine's generally approach temples at night when there is heavy
thunderstorm.
* If a hero is following heroine whose train has just left platform, by
every chance, the heroine is standing behind him with her luggage.
* Heroines are generally found mopping floors when their fathers come to
meet them in sasural.
* Towards the end of movie, actors come to realize their mistakes made
in life in groups of 3-4 ("Nahi Maaji galti meri hi thi ..").