10 Bollywood clichés

1. 
   Cars/bikes parked on the roadside conveniently have the ignition key in the right place for the hero to use
2. 
   Horses are meant for 2 purposes only – a) to be headstrong and be tamed by the hero after threatening to overthrow the heroine b) to come home wounded, as a loyal messenger that danger/death has befallen the hero’s brethren
3. 
   Heroines shall wear short dresses during the happy hours; come tragedy and salwar kameez becomes the dress code
4. 
   Unsuitable girlfriends (whom the hero eventually discards for the heroine) always wish to become models/film actresses
5. 
   Daughters undergo a surprisingly swift turn-around of emotions soon as their daddys’ villainy is established
6. 
   Heroines are extraordinarily fertile – often merely one night stands lead to pregnancy
7. 
   Even the poorest hero’s mom shall offer lovely leaf tea to the rich heroine’s dad in a proper china tea set
8. 
   College Principals are invariably buffoons of the first or second order
9. 
   Rape victims wear dresses with easily detachable sleeves
10. 
    Successful suicides – hanging. Unsuccessful suicides – the kerosene-on-body-in-the-kitchen act and the breaking-wine-bottles-on-wrists act