I finally watched the epi after reading through your reviews because the WU was not making me feel that Adi & Imlie had a good convo. Glad I did because I loved their convo as well as the set up for it.
I guess we can conclude that Adi did not oppose Malini when she scolded Imlie because he was worried that Imlie would be misunderstanding the hug from Malini & get hurt over it. That was the foremost thought in his mind today & he wanted to clear the misunderstanding to Imlie at the earliest.
I just loved the way Adi- Imlie convo was setup. Them in the car with Adi scolding her as usual for her fiddling with the car system & telling her he would teach her how to operate the car system functions later. Imlie getting amused seeing the balloons, Adi buying the balloons for her, then, all the plants & teddies on the way, finally asking Imlie to open the car boot by making an excuse of car tyre getting punctured. Love the face Imlie made when Adi asked her to get out of the car & check the boot.
Imlie opened the boot & saw the framed sketch along with all the balloons, teddies & plants. Adi came & offered her a glass of cutting chai, Imlie perplexed smiled slightly & took the glass. She questioned him why he did all the decorations when he usually says anything that he wants bedhadak. Adi told her he wanted to talk to her quietly & explain himself to her.
Adi started saying that she should not misunderstand what she saw with the hug & Imlie tried to brush it aside saying she wasn't hurt by it. Adi scolded her that he knows that she is upset by it & should stop her nautankis. He told her clearly that now there is no intimacy anymore in his relationship with Malini & he doesn't want to keep any curtains about his status with Malini from Imlie.
Adi reminded her own line about a dhaga being a rishta if you have faith in it & he tells her that he believes in their rishta. He has fallen in love with their rishta indirectly telling her he has fallen in love with her as she had restricted him saying the words out loud to her. She is his first wife & has all the rights on him i e she should never hesitate to ask about anything with him.
Imlie says that she is not asking for any proof of loyalty from him. Yes she was hurt seeing them close but she was also hurt seeing Malini's pain to which Adi replies that he also can't see Malini in pain. He told her that Malini has been asking him about the distance that has come between them but he is not able to tell the truth to her despite his resolve to tell the truth. But he always hesitates thinking about how it will affect her. He gets reminded how she had fainted when he had told her that he had been forced to marry Imlie once before & how she had been distressed & stopped eating when he had been away for 4 days. Imlie listens to him quietly & both are pondering over the issue.
This convo will continue tomorrow & we will get a better understanding about the purpose & conclusion of this talk. But I loved the parts of the convo that we got today. It was so genuine & honest. I like how they talk about the issues immediately & do not let them fester. They are truly partners discussing all the pros & cons of revealing the truth to Malini & deliberating on how to reveal it to her. Imlie might want to keep Malini in dark but I think she will think about the points that Adi will make about how no one will be happy if they continue the way they are going on now. DC's advice about telling the bitter truth now rather than living with the sweet poison of lies & deception may also play a role. Let's see whether Imlie will still stick to her decision or get convinced to some extent by Adi.