I echoed similar sentiments in one of my posts, ...and TBH this seems all unreal. CV's are just trying to save him. This makes him a very weak character. The way his family is using him and hiding things from him...makes him look more like a person who not only lacks intelligence but is also not able to make proper decisions e.g he knows Payal is a well qualified engineer having a government job but agrees to get married...agree he likes her but what about Payal's expectations.
Second, I think he knows about dowry from the Gulkand family...if not money but definitely the things like car etc...(if not then I think he has been sleep walking all the years of his life)...so why not he is thinking that how come his father is not asking for it this time.