Originally posted by: MuteButton
Pushed myself through the Malini scene for a rewatch. What was that bakwaas? Not only her own weaknesses, Malini clearly does not understand what being a modern woman or not means. Which is why I think when the whole Imlie thing surfaces, it will be her pride that will take the most beating ki yeh gaon ki ladki Aditya ke liye sahi kaise hai.
What Malini fails to understand is that while the sindoor and mangalsutra maybe be symbolic of the relationship, of utmost importance is the relationship itself. And that honesty is the backbone for that relationship to thrive which neither she nor Aditya is able to bring forth.
Malini is the kind of pseudo/fake feminist modern woman who are educated, earn for themselves & make sweeping judgements about other women's way of dealing with things without checking their own privilege.
I remember the episode when the T family found married women jewellery in Imlie's belonging returned by the hospital & feared that she had been married & abandoned. That time Malini was saying that if she finds Imlie's husband she would slap him & teach him a lesson for behaving this way with his wife.
But what did she herself do when she made such a big issue out of Adi leaving home for work purposes & she felt he has not treated her right? She punished his family as well as her own with her 24*7 crying, hunger strike to eventually falling into the same husband's arms. She knew he was behaving distantly from her, was suspicious that he was maybe having an affair but still returned with him without even scolding him. If she felt that Adi is not treating her right as a husband why is not holding him accountable for his mistakes & ready to sweep everything under the carpet just so that she doesn't lose him.
Modernity is only in the outer package internally she is as regressive as they come with attaching her own self worth with small things such as cakes, cooking for her husband, not holding husband accountable for his mistakes as long as he grovels in front of her. She looks for validation in such ridiculous things it's unbelievable.
I had raised this question in one of my previous posts that whether Malini would be more upset that Adi has fallen in love with someone else or that he has fallen in love with Imlie. Malini does not consider Imlie as a competition because on paper Malini is better than her in every way that matters be it her background, education, profession. That is why she is able to dismiss any of the obvious signs that show Adi's more than necessary concern for Imlie like Adi's outburst at her & her mom in Imlie's defense or Adi rescuing Imlie without even registering her own presence during the bridge collapse even after her mom's repeated suspicions.
I do think she will be more hurt that Adi has fallen for Imlie- a simple village girl who on paper falls short in everything that Malini excels in. She will not be able to understand how she could be defeated by Imlie when she is the better option. Maybe later on she will be able to understand that Adi has found the qualities that he expects from his life partner in Imlie. Let's see what the makers show.