Laali has been married THREE times!!!
Boy! Laali is about to beat Draupadi for the number of marriages. First, she married Ganesiya (or was she engaged?) …. Arranged marriage … no love … just met him once, very, very briefly … and then left him high and dry.
Then, of course, she met, fell in love and married our hero Shekhar. But time was not on Shekhar-Laali's side! Their love was deep but their time with each other short, and so bittersweet. They had barely got together before they got separated for the first time.
The second time the separation was long - 7 years in time (and one episode in reel life!!!).
In all, Laali was in Loha's house for less than two years. Shekhar and Lali barely spent one year 3 months with each other. (From the time they fell in love, Shekhar moving in with Lali, then running away to Nepal and getting married (just four days there), returning home and the Ratna affair, by which time Lali was pregnant, and then Laali giving birth – in total just about 15 months.)
In contrast, Laali has spent 7 years with her new family, in the new haveli. (More then she ever spent at Loha's house.)
(Aaah! Now I remember a conversation that Laali had with Shekhar when they were sitting on the swing with their baby and the scarecrow fell over and broke the pot that served as the head. Laali considered that an "abshagun" and had said in a trembling voice … "Hum dobara aap se alag nahi hona chhate, Chhote Thakur!" And Shekhar had dismissed her fears … "hum kabhi alag nahi honge" or something to that effect. Well, it seems Laali's fears came true!
And now, it appears she has married another guy … we are yet to know his name. Wow! Laali! Come On! Take a break! We hope this will be the last marriage for you.
Besides, you ain't divorced from Shekhar. This will make your marriage with the new guy … null and void, shouldn't it. You are once again, somebody's mistress!!!