I think Maasi is acting evil to try to eventually help Kasturi. Here are the reasons why I think that could be true:
- she did tapasya for 20 years. If she really was jealous of Devika for that long, why didn't she come back earlier to get her revenge?
- if she was that jealous of Devika, she should try to ruin Devika's wishes by making sure Kasturi and Robbie stayed together. If it's true Maasi is jealous of Devika, then why does she care about Raunak-Robbie lafda?
- she has not been shown totally alone with Kasturi. This means it's possible that Kasturi and Maasi have a plan together to outwit Ranauk and Anita
- Raunak and Anita do not suspect Maasi. This could be because Maasi played her cards right -- she did some things to gain their trust, like pretend to have killed Kasturi (but she didn't fire the shot straight at her, also it's possible it was a misfired shot, but Kasturi acted like she got hit). She also locked up Robbie. She also pretended to not see Kasturi at the ashram and waited till Raunak found out about it.
Also, I think if Maasi was really evil, just for more drama factor, the show would have showed Ranauk and Anita suspecting her more, but they are not doing that right now because they want Maasi being good to be a shocker.
What do you guys think?
-arti