So today the best bahu competition ended finally with Imlie winning the🏆. But it was a hollow victory for her & Adi because they never cared about society's approval. They cared about their elders approval which they still haven't got. So despite of winning against all odds, the win was not a win for Imlie today.
The makers truly gave the most fitting conclusion to this track by showing how fickle the society's interests & opinions are & how one should never consider it as the be all & end all for conducting their lives.
Imlie has always been an exemplary bahu because she has considered her in laws as her own family since day 1 & cared for them above & beyond her own happiness & self respect. When she quit the competition because she couldn't see her MIL suffering deliberately she proved that once again. And her simple kindness of offering a glass of water to Mrs. Arora flipped the perception of Mrs. Arora towards Imlie. She realised what she had seen from day 1 since the competition was announced that Imlie indeed was the best bahu because she cared for her family so damn much. She had been insulting Imlie & her in laws for her naukrani status but today she envied Aparna for having a DIL like Imlie.
It was the elder Ts who came out looking as petty people in the eyes of the society now. They were using the society's negative perception against Imlie but now they have lost even this defense. Now it is only their stubbornness & hurt of betrayal that is standing against Imlie.
I loved that today Adi got to be called on stage as the husband of Mrs. Imlie Tripathi, the winner. That day Aparna had locked Adi in his room so that he could not stand on stage as Imlie's husband but today he was invited to join in his wife's win. Too good. Adi gesturing Imlie to hold her 🏆high was such a good call back to Imlie holding his award❤️.
I just loved the small winning speech that Imlie gave. She mentioned that if she had come as a woman seeking job in the city she would have no shame in accepting the title of a naukrani if that was her honest designation. But the fact of the matter is that she never was the naukrani. It was never her wish to be forcefully married & come to the city. But fate got her married to Adi & since that day she has been only trying to care for Adi & his family. I liked her dialogue about rishte bante uppar hai par unhe nibhana niche padta hai. She only entered the competition to bring back the honor to her family & winning the 🏆 never mattered to her. Winning the forgiveness & hearts of her elders is the thing that matters to her.
The Ts finally left with their mask still put on but the younger Ts came to celebrate Imlie's win & to remind her that they will always be their with her as her support & family.