All that glitters, all that gold and a privileged status in the society to boot but none of these could bring any peace in the lives of Jhanvi or Maya. Both are fragile butterflies, fluttering their gauzy wings to fly in search of peace. Jhanvi lost her peace because her daughter cannot abide by her love, Ashwin. Maya lost her peace because of her mother's addiction to the honeyed poison dripping from the glib tongue Ashwin's.
Ashwin, a chameleon, a predator par excellence, one who blends in with the milieu yet stands apart, gobbling up everything that comes his way and manipulating people to his advantage. He has enormous patience, wit and cunningness to achieve his objective and he nearly does get his objective - Maya's wealth! When things begin to go horribly wrong!!
The devilish manipulator had got the Mehrotra women dancing like puppets to his funereal tune when suddenly came the knight in shining armor - Arjun. The joker who collapsed the pack of aces that Ashwin held.
The play of 'Mayajal'has begun. Everything is happening in front of him but Arjun is lulled by the superficial explanations. The darkness that corroded Maya has just got its first glimpse at Arjun. It's watching quietly, absorbing everything, planning moves to tackle or remove the bright spark in Maya's life. Will Ashwin succeed?
You got to give it to Mehrotra women when they love, they love with their whole being. Jhanvi was ready to die for the sake of her love, Maya did not care about her life when she plunged from great heights into the murky water to save the mother she loves. Where Maya tends to lose perspective, Jhanvi doesn't. As soon as she came to know that Maya jumped after her, she realized that her daughter STILL needed her and the presence of Arjun was not enough for Maya, not yet. Ashwin's honeyed talks did not send her into raptures, she knew, she knew. This may force Ashwin to look for new pawns and they are readily available in Arjun's world.
Sanjh has donned the mantle of friendship again. but the mantle wears thin. The heartbreak of first love reigns supreme. She is vulnerable, will she be malleable?
P:S: out of the three, it was only Arjun who showed some common sense and descended to the banks of the river, whereas baap, beti thought themselves as the Olympic jumpers and jumped. 😆