Watched Today's episode..
Observed few things in the show and about people's perception.
1. Earlier I thought if not for Imlie, may be Aditya and Malini's marriage would have survived.. They won't be leading very happy married life, but seeing there ignorance towards complicated issues, they would have managed to stick together...
But today's episode made it very clear that Aditya and Malini's marriage was never meant to survive. They have too many issues, too many differences in there ideologies. Aditya must be very ignorant and avoider that he never confronted these issues. While Malini came across as people pleaser in relationships.. She maintained a fake image in front of Aditya to avoid getting into arguments.
Very rightly Aditya said, Imlie or no Imlie, this relationship was never meant to sustain. Its one thing to tolerate each other 2-3 hours a day. Imlie just accelerated the process may be. The forced marriage really triggered Aditya towards Malini more and in order to prove destiny wrong he went ahead with marriage, else i doubt it would have happened. Aditya took 7 years to decide that he will marry Malini, while with Imlie, he didn't even took 7 months.
2. Is it possible that to the some extent the liking for Malini over Imlie is due to the overall external personality? Like may be Malini walking around as a beautifully dressed up, well groomed, sophisticated, polite and well spoken daughter in law is preferred over raw, unconventional, plainly dressed Imlie, with rural accent.
That could be the reason that people connect more with her? At times I have seen Imlie being bashed, criticized and judged harshly over other characters. Not in forum, but generally.
Is the external appearance could be the factor that Imlie as a character isn't been appreciated enough?
PS: These are just few observations.. Could be wrong as well..
Please keep discussions healthy. Looking forward to hear your opinions.