Yes! I agree with this so much! I realize that in fiction one has to focus, but at the same time, just a few reminders that the characters have lives beyond the cast of the story would go so far toward making them seem like real people with full lives.

One of the things I enjoy about Bollywood movies is that there's almost always some acknowledgement that the characters' families exist, and often whole story lines devoted to them. Of course it helps that Bollywood movies often have longer running times.