Today, the success of Soyagam-style intricate plotting on Zee Telugu has proven to Hindi filmmakers that the Hindi-speaking audience has an appetite for complex, emotion-driven family webs. This is evident in the success of Hindi remakes of South Indian family dramas and thrillers (like Drishyam or the recent Bhool Bhulaiyaa franchise). The blueprint of a Zee Telugu soap—a secret buried in the past, a fake identity, a vengeful relative—is increasingly being compressed into 2.5-hour Bollywood thrillers.