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When trust is broken
Right now, Jug Head (Jogeswar Prasad) thinks that he is very smart because he is very successful in cheating and tricking Payal and her family . He thinks that those who are educated are fools and can be easily hood winked (this is what he told his friend Jaiswal, in an earlier episode). The reality is that Payal and her family are not fools - the mistake they made was in trusting Jug Head more than he deserved. Case in point: Mr. Rai, Payal's father has not made inquiries regarding Jug Head, Dev, or Santoshi Devi from neighbors and friends. Had he done this, he would have known the existence of GulYo (Gul and Ayyo), their break up from the family and the one crore rupees dowry, and about Dev's unemployment. But Mr. Rai, Gattu, and Indu trust Jug Head too much to confirm his story.
In one way or another Jug Head's trickery is going to affect PayDay's (Payal and Dev) relationship with each other too. Dev will have to convince Payal that he was unaware of his father's treacherous behavior. Until that is done - respect and trust between the two will be compromised, for Payal will find it hard to believe Dev. And, when she comes to know that Ayyo is Dev's elder brother things will only take a turn for the worse.
Jug Head may succeed in getting Payal's earnings but he will find it hard to get her respect and trust. All that he did to Gul, he has done to Payal and her family even before marriage.
Eventually, Dev and his father may regain Payal's trust and respect. But trust is like a mirror - you can fix it - but one will always see the crack when you look at the face in it. Will the hurt and pain caused by this betrayal ever be erased? Payal's father, particularly, will be a broken man for he will find it hard to forgive himself for trusting Jug Head.
This is the metaphysical battle of Kurushetra that is being enacted between relationships and within the characters of this serial. The CVs have very cleverly placed a picture of Lord Krishna, the charioteer and Arujuna, the warrior aboard Arjuna's chariot as the backdrop against Jug Head's normal sitting place (or throne). Right now Jug Head's five senses are running amuck and his greed for wealth has so overtaken his better judgement (if he has any!) that he has thrown out Gul (the metaphysical Draupadi) in the hope of winning the Goddess of Wealth (Payal). But the means he uses to win Payal are no different from the tactics used to throw out Gul. So, in some ways, Jug Head represents Duryodhana or all negative influences that righteousness or Payal (shown dressed as Goddess Lakshmi) will have to vanquish. (I know vanquish is a strong word - please help me come up with a better one).
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