Kidnapping, attempted murder, infanticide or should we say feoticide, mistaken identities, dark pasts, hidden secrets (plenty and too many to even bother listing), never say die heroine, never say word hero, naive (bordering idiot) women characters, scheming aunts, absolutely imbecile phrases like "Hello, bye, bye" punctuating dialogues, ill fitting wigs on useless old wags, brothers/sisters/in-laws as props, jaw dropping settings for a middle class household, etc. etc.
Mark this amazingly resilient serial that has run now for over 2 years. I have seen this serial in all for a couple of hours in total and can vouch for the fact that if someone is in a comatose condition, he or she could be revived by showing this serial as a brain kicker!