The truth is he is the one that original let Maline get away with telling yeh truth to Aditya that the divorce was on hold. He could have stop the root of this evil if he warned both imlie and Aditya but he chose to let her have her way and give her a chance as he felt she was a friend of his.
His dialogues scream of truth but his actions are half backed to me for he never seems to challenge Maline in the open. Had he done so from the start then I would have believed him but I do see him flipping.
If Aditya did what most are saying then it would only be because of imlie and her safety. You are forgetting that this man has been screaming for her to bring the evidence and fight for what she believes and he even told her to put satyakaam behind bars as he felt he was wrong. He would not go to the opposite way just because Maline is pregnant because then his argument becomes mute.
I will say it again he has been aloof and a victim of his own indecisiveness but on the end when he sets his path he walks through. Just because he hide behind denial doesn’t mean imlie fight didn’t matter to him. In all this she is the only one that is his centre strength and hope.
He has said numerous of times that she his only truth and he plans to walk with her by his side. So he would only risk his honour for her.
his arc is of honesty and just because he manipulates to play a game against Maline doesn’t mean he is supporting her. I still feel this is set to lead him to being home imlie safely
He never challenged Didi cos to him she is weak mentally.. if u see someone faint when u told them something and then later try to commit suicide… u will walk on eggshells plus he has said what he needs to to Didi when it counted like imlie education, her interview … the rest is this man couldn’t care less… pls feel free to disagree cos he is not as astute in reading the situs on sometimes and that is cos he doesn’t think those silly things matter… like the whole treatment by apu to imlie he called it sass bahu drama …
So I don’t think he is aloof…he is just a type that a bull by the horns guy and he believes that the truth will set a person free . Rest i agree with u.